单词 | inspired |
释义 | inspiredadj.n. A. adj. 1. Blown on or into; inflated. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [adjective] > full of wind fullc1440 full-moutheda1644 full-blown1646 inspireda1657 round1694 buntinga1703 rap full1729 a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cccxx, in Poems (1878) IV. 81 The French mean-while, with re-inspired Sayles Come to ayde Glendoure. 2. Breathed in; taken into the lungs in breathing; inhaled. (Opposed to expired adj. 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [adjective] attracted1545 drawn1590 inbreathed1645 inspireda1657 inspiring1661 anhelant1765 inspiratory1773 indrawn1810 inhaling1820 inhalant1825 inhalational1944 a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V viii, in Poems (1878) IV. 103 As new-Inspired Ayre. 1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 57 General Causes drawn from the inspired Air. 1873 C. H. Ralfe Outl. Physiol. Chem. 179 The expired air also occupies a greater volume than the inspired. 3. Actuated or animated by divine or supernatural influence. (In quot. 1667 of a thing, charged with supernatural influence.) ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > [adjective] > infusing supernatural influence > having infused inspired1667 the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > inspiring > inspired animate1536 animated1660 inspired1667 instinct1667 inblown1678 the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [adjective] > inspired sublime1667 exalted1712 exalté1831 inspired1856 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 273 That sweet Grove Of Daphne by Orontes, and th' inspir'd Castalian Spring. View more context for this quotation 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 183 Archbishops and Cardinals saw an inspired prophetess in a Kentish servant girl. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 269 The poet Pindar and other inspired men. 4. Infused or communicated by divine or supernatural power; having the character of inspiration.As applied to the Sacred Scriptures, there is now usually a blending of senses A. 3 and A. 4, the Word being viewed as still animated by the divine influence which communicated it. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective] inspiredc1450 illumined1526 godly-wise1532 revealed1533 illuminate1563 enthusiast1578 lightsome1587 enthusiastical1588 entheate1603 enthusiac1603 enthusiastic1603 illuminated1606 illightened1609 enthean1612 theopneust1647 illuminative1649 entheous1682 revelational1693 entheal1736 entheastic1804 theopneustic1838 theophanic1884 inspirational1888 theophanous1909 Beatrician1943 c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 220 Thorugh his sugryd Enspyred Elloquence, Kowde of ther tounge make a translacyoun. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 39 These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired guift of God. 1725 I. Watts Logick ii. ii. §9 Propositions which are attain'd by this sort of Evidence are called inspired Truths. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 253 That those Persons were the original, proper, and sole Authors of those Books, i.e. that they are not inspired. 1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible (ed. 3) ix. 419 Inspired in every particle, if not verbally, yet plenarily, from the first verse of Genesis to the last verse of the Apocalypse. 1885 S. Cox Expos. 1st Ser. iv. 42 Our interpretations of the Inspired Word. 5. transferred. a. Prompted by, or emanating from, an influential (but unavowed) source: said of particular views or information on some public matter, or of a speaker, writer, journal, etc. that publishes such. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > suggesting > suggested by influential source inspired1887 1887 Spectator 10 Sept. 1201 The North German Gazette contained an inspired article. 1897 Daily News 13 Mar. 3/1 It was true that an inspired journal..had given information on this subject. b. inspired guess, a guess not based on fact or known information (cf. educated guess n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [noun] > a conjecture, guess > based on inspiration inspired guess1914 1914 G. B. Shaw Parents & Children in Misalliance p. xlix In a single brain..we get the inspired guess of the man of genius. 1969 J. Argenti Managem. Techniques 120 Improving the accuracy of a forecast usually calls for the careful and detailed analysis of past records plus an estimate or an inspired guess as to how future trends will differ from those of the past. 1972 N. Tinbergen in Proc. Royal Soc. 182 389 The effects of other behaviours are so difficult to trace that even now no more than inspired guesses are possible. B. n. An inspired person. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] > person having seera1382 Alumbrado1600 illuminate1602 enthusiastic1605 enthusian1611 enthusiast1612 inspirado1664 entheastic1678 inspired1749 Maharishi1785 muni1785 rishi1794 Mahatma1882 1749 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. II 26 The famous Enthusiast Mrs. Bourignon..assumed the Character of an Inspired. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1450 |
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