the action or power of stimulating the intellect or emotions
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration — Thomas Edison
an inspiring agent or influence
an inspired idea
a divine influence or action on a person which qualifies him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation, esp in the writing of the Bible
a similar divine or supernatural action believed by some, esp formerly, to underlie the artistic creativity of e.g. poets
the drawing of air into the lungs; inhalation
inspirational adj
inspirationally adv
inspiratory /inʹspirət(ə)ri, inʹspie-/ adj