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Synonyms for inspired

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-spahyuh rd
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈspaɪərd

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Définition of inspired

Origin :
  • mid-14c., enspiren, "to fill (the mind, heart, etc., with grace, etc.);" also "to prompt or induce (someone to do something)," from Old French enspirer (13c.), from Latin inspirare "inflame; blow into" (see inspiration), a loan-translation of Greek pnein in the Bible. General sense of "influence or animate with an idea or purpose" is from late 14c. Also sometimes used in literal sense in Middle English Related: Inspired; inspires; inspiring.
  • adj stimulated
  • adj seemingly moved by supernatural powers
Example sentences :
  • Though younger than myself, she reciprocated the love she had inspired.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • They inspired me with a renewed confidence in our political future.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • I want you to know that it was you who inspired Sunday Weeks, if any one did.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • He suspected that the chief emotions he inspired were curiosity and mischievousness.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • Do you suppose I believed for a moment those delays were not inspired?
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • They went on, repartee after repartee, as if inspired by each other's spirits.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • It was inspired by exhibitions of power rather than of beauty.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Yet it inspired him with an inward fortitude, that rose with his love.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • I was deeply moved as my friend thus spoke like an inspired seer.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Each man of that small force, inspired by the chief, became for the time a hero.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
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