Verb

(inspir)

To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

* Bible, Wisdom xv. 11

He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into him an active soul.

* Shakespeare

Dawning day new comfort hath inspired .

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April

, author=Anna Lena Phillips , title=Sneaky Silk Moths , volume=100, issue=2, page=172 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}

To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.

Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.

* Dryden

Erato, thy poet's mind inspire , / And fill his soul with thy celestial fire.

To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.

* Harvey

forced to inspire and expire the air with difficulty

To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

(archaic) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

* Alexander Pope

Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing, / The breathing instruments inspire .

To spread rumour indirectly.

Verb

(reinspir)

to inspire again.

*{{quote-book, year=1862, author=Henry Wager Halleck, title=Elements of Military Art and Science, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=It is scarcely necessary to remark that, to effect this object,--to reinspire a beaten army with hope, and to reassure it of victory,--we must not turn our backs on an enemy, without sometimes presenting to him our front also;--we must not confide our safety to mere flight, but adopt such measures as shall convince him that though wounded and overpowered, we are neither disabled nor dismayed; and that we still possess enough both of strength and spirit to punish his faults, should he commit any. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1904, author=Philip Verrill Mighels, title=Bruvver Jim's Baby, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=When he sat on old Jim's knee, however, he leaned in confidence against him, and sighed with a sweet little sound of contentment, as poignant to reinspire a certain ecstasy of sadness in the miner's breast as it was to excite an envy in the hearts of the others. }}

* {{quote-news, year=1991, date=January 4, author=Ted Cox, title=The Sports Section, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=Ditka has to work to reinspire his veteran players, something he's performed miracles at all season long. }}

* {{quote-news, year=1997, date=April 25, author=Ted Cox, title=Sports Section, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=Jordan has found ways, again and again, to reinspire himself on the basketball court, and while most of the media seemed to regard the Woods-Jordan meeting as the apprentice consulting the master, there was something in Jordan's demeanor, as he answered those Tiger Woods questions after the loss to the Knicks, that suggested it might be the other way around, that Jordan might use Woods as a new source of inspiration. }}