Definition of Inspire
Inspire
In·spire


Definition/Meaning
(verb)
To fill someone with enthusiasm and motivation to do something.

e.g. The motivational speaker's words inspired the audience to take action.

(verb)
to affect;

e.g. Seeing his childhood home again inspired him with nostalgia and a yearning for his childhood days.

(verb)
to inhale or breathe in air;

e.g. The patient has to inspire supplemental oxygen.



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  • "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader." -- John Quincy Adams



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