| 单词 | divine afflatus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdivine afflatus 1. The communication of supernatural or spiritual knowledge; divine impulse; inspiration, esp. poetic inspiration. Also: an instance of this. Frequently divine afflatus. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > inspiring inspiringa1340 breathing?a1425 infusionc1450 animation1534 afflatus1649 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] lightOE lightingOE inspiration1303 illuminationsc1340 inyettingc1340 revelationc1384 oraclec1425 revealingc1429 informationc1450 infusionc1450 illustrationc1480 gospel1481 aspirationc1534 illuminating1561 afflation1576 entheos1594 enthusiasm1595 flame-light1611 illapse1614 inspirement1616 spiration1629 respirationa1631 irradiation1631 income1647 afflatus1649 theopneustian1660 entheasm1752 prana1785 inflation1835 theopneusty1847 inflatusa1861 theopneustia1894 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > creative genius > [noun] > inspiration Hippocrene1598 afflatus1649 inspiration1651 the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates prickleOE pritchOE alighting1340 brodc1375 bellowsc1386 pricka1387 motivec1390 prompting1402 preparativec1450 stirmentc1460 incentive?a1475 fomenta1500 farda1522 instigation1526 pointing1533 swinge1548 spur1551 whetstone1551 goad1567 promptitude1578 alarm1587 inducement1593 solicitor1594 incitement1596 inflammation1597 instance1597 excitement1604 moving spirit1604 heart-blood1606 inflamer1609 rouser1611 stimulator1614 motioner1616 incensivea1618 incitative1620 incitation1622 whettera1625 impulsivea1628 excitation1628 incendiary1628 dispositive1629 fomentationa1631 switch1630 stirrer1632 irritament1634 provocative1638 impetus1641 driving force1642 driving power1642 engagement1642 firer1653 propellant1654 fomentary1657 impulse1660 urgency1664 impeller1686 fillip1699 shove1724 incitive1736 stimulative1747 bonus1787 stimulus1791 impellent1793 stimulant1794 propulsion1800 instigant1833 propulsive1834 motive power1836 evoker1845 motivity1857 afflatus1865 flip1881 urge1882 agent provocateur1888 will to power1896 a shot in the arm1922 motivator1929 driver1971 co-driver1993 1649 Z. Bogan in F. Rous & Z. Bogan Archæologiæ Atticæ (ed. 3) vii. i. 338 The Tripus whereof I speake, was a pot fill'd with dust, throw which the aflatus the wicked inspiration, was to passe into the belly of the Wench. 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 54 Those writings being inspired by..a more gentle and easie afflatus. 1736 W. Stukeley Palæogr. Sacra 21 This is a fine expression of a sacred afflatus, and taken purely from scripture. 1773 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. II. 62 It was, moreover, the general opinion of the heathens, that Orpheus, and others of their antient poets, wrote by a divine afflatus. 1844 Knickerbocker Sept. 292 The very air of heaven Breathes scorchingly, as 't were the pestilent And dire afflatus of the nether world. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxiv. 497 A migratory afflatus seems to have come over the Ajawa tribes. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 248 Aristophanes must have eclipsed them..by the exhibition of some diviner faculty, some higher spiritual afflatus. 1904 F. Rolfe Hadrian VII xvii. 326 The divine afflatus of patriotism inspired Him. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 129/2 The romantic afflatus of these popular writers blends very easily with the cult of dynamic action. 2004 K. D. Singh New Explor. in Indian Eng. Poetry iii. 58 It is some kind of divine afflatus that impels the poet to make a very particular choice of words. < as lemmas |
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