| inspire | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate | heighten or intensify.; "These paintings exalt the imagination" |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
| v. (creation) | 2. inspire | supply the inspiration for.; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work" |
| ~ occasion | give occasion to. |
| v. (communication) | 3. inspire, instigate, prompt | serve as the inciting cause of.; "She prompted me to call my relatives" |
| ~ cause, induce, stimulate, make, get, have | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
| v. (communication) | 4. barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on | spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" |
| ~ cheerlead | act as a cheerleader in a sports event. |
| ~ encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. inspire, revolutionise, revolutionize | fill with revolutionary ideas. |
| ~ indoctrinate | teach doctrines to; teach uncritically.; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples" |
| v. (body) | 6. breathe in, inhale, inspire | draw in (air).; "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" |
| ~ breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire | draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" |
| ~ aspirate | suck in (air). |
| ~ sniff, sniffle | inhale audibly through the nose.; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row" |
| ~ snivel, snuffle | snuff up mucus through the nose. |
| ~ snuff | inhale audibly through the nose.; "snuff coke" |
| ~ puff, drag, draw | suck in or take (air).; "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" |
| ~ huff, snort | inhale recreational drugs.; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" |
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