inspired

4 definitions found

inspired - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inspired; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Inspiring.]
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     1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; --
        opposed to expire.
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     2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]
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              And when the wind amongst them did inspire,
              They wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser.
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  Inspired \In*spired"\, a.
     1. Breathed in; inhaled.
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     2. Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence;
        affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets;
        the inspired writers.
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     3. Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine
        inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy;
        -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as,
        the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.
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     4. Moved to a higher level of thought, creativity, or
        motivation.
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inspired - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  inspired
      adj 1: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest
             inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine";
             "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired
             performance" [syn: divine, elysian, inspired]

inspired - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "inspired":
     Biblical, Gospel, Mosaic, New-Testament, Old-Testament, afire,
     apocalyptic, apostolic, appropriate, apt, canonical, comely,
     conceptive, conceptual, correct, creative, esemplastic, evangelic,
     evangelistic, fecund, felicitous, fertile, fired, fit, fitting,
     germinal, gospel, happy, ideational, ideative, imaginative,
     ingenious, inventive, just, notional, on fire, original,
     originative, pregnant, productive, prolific, proper, prophetic,
     revealed, revelational, scriptural, seemly, seminal, shaping,
     teeming, textual, textuary, theopneustic, visioned, well-chosen,
     well-expressed, well-put