inspiratev.
/ˈɪnspɪreɪt/ = inspire v. (in various senses).
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > inhale [verb (transitive)]
to suck inc1220
drawa1300
inbreathea1382
to draw ina1398
to take in1495
inhaust1547
fetch1552
fet1556
imbreathe1574
to breathe in1576
attract1582
suck?1614
inspirate1615
imbibe1621
inspire1666
redistend1684
inhale1725
embreathe1867
indraw1883
the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > inspire [verb (transitive)]
inblowc975
flamec1380
inspire1390
inflate1530
mounta1546
adblast1548
heighten1604
inspirita1661
to work up1681
exalt1744
inspiratea1806
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 424 Hippocrates speaketh of the aer inspirated or breathed in.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta Introd. 6 The aire which is inspirated.
a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 95 Bland Hope and Fancy ye were there, To inspirate my trance.
1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. 406 They [sc. Hottentot and Bushman] are characterised by inspirated consonants.
1964 P. Delattre in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 48 It [sc. oui] can be either expirated or inspirated.
Derivatives
inspirating adj.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [adjective] > inspiring
actuating1631
spiriting1671
inspiring1716
inspirative1797
inspirating1809
inspirational1884
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) I. 170 The most inspirating representation of future bliss, which my mind is capable of comprehending.
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