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▪ I. inˈspiriting, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] the action of the verb inspirit.
1846De Quincey Antigone Wks. 1860 XIV. 213 We may see..a keen attention paid to the inspiriting and dressing of the dialogue. 1880G. Meredith Tragic Com. viii. (1881) 132 Alvan, left to himself, had a quiet belief in the..inspiriting he had given her. ▪ II. inˈspiriting, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That inspirits; animating, encouraging, cheering.
1795Southey Joan of Arc x. 209 Joy more inspiriting Fills not the Persian's soul, when sure he deems That Mithra hears propitiously his prayer. 1812L. Hunt in Examiner 14 Sept. 587/2 It is..an inspiriting thing, to see him turn the tables upon Bonaparte. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 343 Cheering the paddlers with inspiriting words. Hence inˈspiritingly adv.
1824New Monthly Mag. XI. 158 The fresh salt breeze blowing inspiritingly upon me. |