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inspire English

Meaning inspire meaning

What does inspire mean?
Definitions in simple English

inspire Verb

— If something inspires you, it gives you ideas, or it makes you want to create. I'm always inspired by the beauty of nature. — If something is inspired by God (or a god), God gave you that idea. This can also mean God gave you exact words. Christians believe the Bible was inspired by God. — When you inspire you breath in. That is, you take air into your lungs.

inspire

— verb (= exalt) heighten or intensify These paintings exalt the imagination — verb supply the inspiration for The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work — verb (= prompt) serve as the inciting cause of She prompted me to call my relatives — verb (= cheer) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers — verb (= inhale) draw in (air) Inhale deeply inhale the fresh mountain air The patient has trouble inspiring The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well — verb (= revolutionize) fill with revolutionary ideas

Synonyms inspire synonyms

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inspire English » English

encourage excite cheer arouse stimulate rouse urge prompt motivate cause animate inhale urge on suggest infuse give hope fire support hearten enthuse barrack spur on pep up invigorate instigate exhort exalt enliven create breathe into breathe in strengthen stir up spur root on revolutionize revolutionise provoke persuade move make kindle influence incite fill with enthusiasm engender elate cherish change blow into

Topics inspire topics

What do people use inspire to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Enthusiastic
Social behavior Religion Theology

Sacred writings
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Surprise

Conjugation inspire conjugation

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inspire · verb

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Simple sentences

Women inspire us to do great things - and then stop us from doing them.
I love reading books that inspire us to become more than who we are.
What is failure but humiliation, when it doesn't inspire the genius to overcome old barriers?
Asian religions inspire him to create splendid sculptures.

Movie subtitles

I have a mild sativa in there that'll calm you down. and maybe inspire you to pick up guitar.
Instead, they will inspire us with an unbreakable determination to free ourselves and those who come after us from the tyranny and terror that threaten to strike us down.
As he gives himself to her let the bride inspire and sustain him let her unite with him in all the experiences of life to which their paths shall lead.
Women, as a witty Frenchman put it. inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and prevent us from carrying them out.
I hope Green Manors will inspire others as fine.
Even when you had this coin to inspire you?
No feeling of solidity. He doesn't inspire confidence.
To return to forgotten memories, where the faces of the old gods shine, excite, inspire. and vanish.
The Muses inspire us to find what's already in our hearts.
If you like, I'll try to inspire in you a precious particle of faith.
He would not speak to me for fear I would inspire him to stay.
Oh, great Lucifer, inspire me!
At first I doubted your identity, but your words inspire confidence.
Our ancient word of courage, fair Saint George. inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!
May God hear you. and inspire him truth and justice.
The five cents you make on that lady's saucisson shouldn't inspire respect for her.
You inspire me!
Here is Marita, she'll inspire you.
How you confuse and inspire me.
To inspire them to carry on in a fitting way.
A Mediterranean liveliness in his tone purity and moderation in order to inspire confidence.
And, as I've said, sounds of any degree whatsoever inspire me with terror.
That idea can inspire even naughty boys.
I have been known to inspire fear.
I SHOULD LOVE, SIR, TO INSPIRE FRENZY IN THE REST OF THE MALE.
If I were a poet your beauty would inspire me to write.
Some people are born to inspire.
I should think that would inspire a little trust toward your doctor.
You seem to have a very pleasant life, but you inspire compassion, Madam.
Out of the hard simplicity of their lives, out of their vitality their hopes and their sorrows grew legends of courage and pride to inspire their children and their children's children.
You inspire such deep respect.
And the one I'm figthing for will inspire my hand.
A hand that inspire confidence on it.
I inspire your baser feellings.
Fire us. Inspire us.
Inspire others to speak out also? - Exactly.
You'll inspire the universe.

News and current affairs

Visionaries, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela, may inspire a demand for justice.
The fact that Russia's Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika, took over the investigation into Politkovskaya's killing, as he did with the murder of Kozlov, doesn't inspire hope, as such senior level involvement would in any real democracy.
This region receives information from all the senses and in turn controls the various networks that inspire the speeding heart, sweaty palms, wrenching stomach, muscle tension and hormonal floods that characterize being afraid.
Yesterday's treaties, particularly those with the United States and Israel, will no longer inspire the same type of confidence they have long had as instruments of state policy.
Sometimes leaders need to stretch the boundaries of realism to inspire their followers and call forth extra effort, as Winston Churchill did in Great Britain in 1940.
But prospects for political reform do not inspire optimism.
Now incapable of intimidating anyone, Britain has opted for developing its potential to inspire.
America's inability to inspire the peoples of the Middle East, all ruled by US-backed autocracies, is not exactly stunning news.
Nor does Greece's default history inspire confidence.
Radicals use the inability to attain political objectives peacefully to inspire fanatical action and to justify forms of violence normally considered unacceptable.
For example, the Internal Revenue Service is among the government institutions that inspire the least public confidence; yet there has been no major surge in tax evasion.
It may inspire virtuous feelings, but its vain symbolism reveals exactly what is wrong with today's feel-good environmentalism.
Images of miserable refugee families drifting in the sea, at the mercy of rapacious smugglers and gangsters, can easily inspire feelings of pity and compassion (and not just in Germany).
Similarly, Georgia's inability to manage relations with its only autonomous republic, Adzharia, doesn't inspire much confidence.
Today's educators should inspire our children towards creativity and innovation.
Populist leaders inspire passionate devotion, usually in people who feel (and often are) economically, politically, and culturally marginalized.
In Baghdad, Rasheed has gained fame - and notoriety - by seeking to inspire a new generation of Iraqi filmmakers and other young artists.
The way that illiberal regimes use the law for their own ends will not inspire the confidence of investors, either - at least not in the long run.
Unfortunately, Cameron's track record in European politics does not inspire confidence in his ability to manage a different outcome.
Of course, fiscal sustainability is vital to prevent a disruptive debt refinancing and inspire confidence among investors and consumers.
But the results often fall short of the potential benefits, because VAT has helped inspire tax evaders to create even stronger networks that can hide an entire chain of transactions.
Neither party advocates violence, even if some of their rhetoric might inspire it.

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