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Definition of Inspiration

1. Noun. Arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity.

2. Noun. A product of your creative thinking and work. "After years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality"

3. Noun. A sudden intuition as part of solving a problem.

4. Noun. (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings. "They believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance"

5. Noun. Arousing to a particular emotion or action.

6. Noun. The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing.

Definition of Inspiration

1. n. The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.

Definition of Inspiration

1. Noun. The act of inspiring or breathing in. ¹

2. Noun. breath ¹

3. Noun. (physiology) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm. ¹

4. Noun. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc. ¹

5. Noun. A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inspiration

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Medical Definition of Inspiration

1. The act of drawing air into the lungs. Origin: L. Inspirare, spirare = to breathe This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inspiration

inspects inspersion inspersions inspeximus inspeximuses inspexion insphere insphered inspheres insphering

inspirable inspiral inspiraling inspiralling inspirals inspiration (current term) inspirational inspirationally inspirationist inspirationists

inspirations inspirator inspirators inspiratory inspiratory capacity inspiratory centre inspiratory reserve volume inspiratory stridor inspiratrices inspiratrix

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