1. Stimulating or exalting to the spirit

1. Heighten or intensify
   - animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt 
2. Supply the inspiration for
   "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work" 
3. Serve as the inciting cause of
   - prompt, instigate 
4. Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
   - cheer, root on, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up 
5. Fill with revolutionary ideas
   - revolutionize, revolutionise [Brit] 
6. Draw in (air)
   "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
   - inhale, breathe in

See also: ennobling, exalting, inspiration, inspiratory, inspirer

Type of: breathe, cause, encourage, excite, get, have, indoctrinate, induce, make, occasion, respire, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, suspire, take a breath

Antonym: uninspiring

Encyclopedia: Inspire

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