vt. 使感动, 激发, 启示, 吸入, 鼓舞, 产生, 使生灵感

vi. 吸入, 赋予灵感

Inspire \In*spire"\ ([i^]n*sp[imac]r"), v. t. [OE. enspiren, OF.
enspirer, inspirer, F. inspirer, fr. L. inspirare; pref. in-
in + spirare to breathe. See {Spirit}.]
1. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

When Zephirus eek, with his sweete breath,
Inspir[`e]d hath in every holt and heath
The tender crops. --Chaucer.

Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing,
The breathing instruments inspire. --Pope.

2. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into
him an active soul. --Wisdom xv.
11.

3. To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; --
opposed to {expire}.

Forced to inspire and expire the air with
difficulty. --Harvey.

4. To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to
convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to
disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by
inspiration.

And generous stout courage did inspire. --Spenser.

But dawning day new comfort hath inspired. --Shak.

5. To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or
supernatural influence; to fill with what animates,
enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to
inspire a child with sentiments of virtue; to inspire a
person to do extraordinary feats.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Erato, thy poet's mind inspire,
And fill his soul with thy celestial fire. --Dryden.


Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inspired}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inspiring}.]
1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; --
opposed to {expire}.

2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]

And when the wind amongst them did inspire,
They wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser.