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▪ I. inspiring, vbl. n.|ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ|
[f. inspire v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb inspire; inspiration; breathing in, inhalation; infusion of divine influence, etc.
a1340Hampole Psalter xvii. 18 Þe inspirynge of his ire is when he says stilly in oure hert, bote if ȝe lefe ȝoure syn..ȝe be tynt men. 1528Paynel Salerne's Regim. 2 A ij b, Inspirynge of hotte aier..by breathyng of warme aier, the mattier is warmed and riped. 1529Frith Antith. Wks. (1829) 313 Christ's law, which is the holy Scripture, came by the inspiring of the Holy Ghost. 1667Phil. Trans. II. 604 How, by inspiring, the Breath is distributed through the Lungs. a1711Ken Psyche Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 258 To thee from whose Inspirings flow, Our Souls immortal unconfin'd. 1844Mrs. Browning Dead Pan xiii, Shall..no hero take inspiring From the god-Greek of her lips?
▪ II. inˈspiring, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That inspires.
1. a. Breathing or blowing upon or into something. b. Breathing in, inhaling.
1661Walton Angler i. i. (ed. 3) 9 If the inspiring and expiring Organ of any animal be stopt, it suddenly dies. 1735Pope Donne's Sat. ii. 20 Heav'd by the breath th' inspiring bellows blow: Th' inspiring bellows lie and pant below.
2. Infusing a divine, supernatural, or exalting influence; animating.
1717Pope Ep. Jervas 28 With thee, on Raphaels Monument I mourn, Or wait inspiring Dreams at Maro's Urn. 1790Burns Tam O'Shanter 105 Inspiring, bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn! 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 144 Love, has hitherto been the inspiring influence of modern poetry and romance. 1885S. Cox Expos. Ser. i. vii. 83 What promise could be more welcome or more inspiring?
Hence inˈspiringly adv., in an inspiring manner; so as to inspire or animate.
1800W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. I. 332 He has not breathed the air of Helicon so familiarly as the light of nature, or not so inspiringly. 1821Examiner 786/2 The people of France were never thus inspiringly acted upon. |