Kelime: in·spire Söyleniş:in-'spIr İşlev:verb Türleri:in·spired; in·spir·ing Kökeni: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French inspirer, from Latin inspirare, from in- spirare to breathe transitive senses 1 a : to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspirationb : to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence on was particularly inspired by the Romanticists c : to spur on : IMPEL, MOTIVATE threats don't necessarily inspire people to work d: AFFECT seeing the old room again inspired him with nostalgia 2 aarchaic : to breathe or blow into or upon barchaic : to infuse (as life) by breathing 3 a : to communicate to an agent supernaturally b : to draw forth or bring out thoughts inspired by a visit to the cathedral 4: INHALE 1 5 a: BRING ABOUT, OCCASION the book was inspired by his travels in the Far East b: INCITE 6 : to spread (rumor) by indirect means or through the agency of another intransitive senses: INHALE - in·spir·ernoun