SkyfireDict

inspire   (TTS Sound)

The verb inspire has 6 senses

• inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt -- (heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination")


• inspire -- (supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work")


• prompt, inspire, instigate -- (serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives")


• cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up -- (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers")


• revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire -- (fill with revolutionary ideas)


• inhale, inspire, breathe in -- (draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well")