Inspire: alternatives and connections

To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.

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A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help…

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To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.

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A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.

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To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.

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To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.

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To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.

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The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.

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To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

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To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help…

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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Jet, the mineral.

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of Have

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To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to instruct in, or imbue with, principles…

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To lead in; to introduce.

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

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To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.

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obs. p. p. of Shake.

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To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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To change the place of in any manner; to move.

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To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.

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The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.

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The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.

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The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.

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The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.

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Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory.

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Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory.

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Inhaling; used for inhaling.

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Inhaling; used for inhaling.

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One who initiates.

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One who initiates.

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The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the ches…

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The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the ches…

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The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

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The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

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A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath,…

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A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath,…

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The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wh…

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The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wh…

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To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

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A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent…

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The face; the countenance or its expression.

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To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.

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To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; he…

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To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

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To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.

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To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

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A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

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To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government.

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To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

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To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

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To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

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