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Look up: inspire

  1. inspire
    [Verb] When someone has lots of ideas about something.
    Example: Helena was inspired to write a song after she fell in love.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. inspire
    [v] - heighten or intensify 2. [v] - supply the inspiration for
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Inspire
    In·spire' (ĭn*spīr') transitive verb [ Middle English enspiren , Old French enspirer , inspirer , French inspirer , from Latin inspirare ; prefix in- in + spirare to breathe. See Spirit .] 1. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate. « When Zephirus eek, with his sweete breath, Inspirèd hath ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/70

  4. Inspire
    In·spire' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Inspired ; present participle & verbal noun Inspiring .] 1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire . 2. To breathe; to blow gently. [ Obsolete] « And when the wind amongst them did inspire , They wavèd like a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/70

  5. inspire
    1. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate. 'When Zephirus eek, with his sweete breath, Inspired hath in every holt and health The tender crops.' (Chaucer) 'Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing, The breathing instruments inspire.' (Pope) ... 2. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing. 'He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired in ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. inspire
    animate verb heighten or intensify; `These paintings exalt the imagination`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. inspire
    verb supply the inspiration for; `The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. inspire
    verb urge on or encourage especially by shouts; `The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Inspire
    • (v. t.) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire. • (v. t.) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue. • (v. t.) To breathe into; to fill wi...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. inspire
    Syn: inhale
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25 November 2009

This day in history:
The Royal Suspension Chain Pier was opened on 25 November 1823 with a procession and firework display, but, to the disappointment of the town, without royalty being present. It proved an immediate success with both cross-channel travellers and also with promenaders who were charged an admission of two pence or one guinea annually. The pier also attracted many artists with its graceful outline, including Constable and Turner. read more

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