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[syn: divine, elysian, inspired]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inspired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inspiring.]
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1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; --
opposed to expire.
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2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]
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And when the wind amongst them did inspire,
They wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inspired \In*spired"\, a.
1. Breathed in; inhaled.
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2. Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence;
affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets;
the inspired writers.
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3. Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine
inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy;
-- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as,
the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.
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4. Moved to a higher level of thought, creativity, or
motivation.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inspired
adj 1: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest
inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine";
"the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired
performance" [syn: divine, elysian, inspired]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "inspired":
Biblical, Gospel, Mosaic, New-Testament, Old-Testament, afire,
apocalyptic, apostolic, appropriate, apt, canonical, comely,
conceptive, conceptual, correct, creative, esemplastic, evangelic,
evangelistic, fecund, felicitous, fertile, fired, fit, fitting,
germinal, gospel, happy, ideational, ideative, imaginative,
ingenious, inventive, just, notional, on fire, original,
originative, pregnant, productive, prolific, proper, prophetic,
revealed, revelational, scriptural, seemly, seminal, shaping,
teeming, textual, textuary, theopneustic, visioned, well-chosen,
well-expressed, well-put