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inspirest

inspirest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of inspire.

Meaning of inspire

Verb

inspire (third-person singular simple present inspires, present participle inspiring, simple past and past participle inspired)

  1. (transitive) 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.
    • Dawning day new comfort hath inspired.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (transitive) 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.
  3. (ambitransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
    • By means of those sulfurous coal smokes the lungs are as it were stifled and extremely oppressed, whereby they are forced to inspire and expire the air with difficulty.1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
  4. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
  5. (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
    • Deſcend ye nine! deſcend and ſing; / The breathing inſtruments inſpire, / VVake into voice each ſilent ſtring, / And ſvveep the ſounding lyre!1687 (date written), Alexander Pope, “Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia’s Day”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], →OCLC, canto I, page...
  6. (transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.

Origin of inspirest

inspire + -est

Questions about inspirest

What is inspirest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Inspirest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of inspire.

Words near inspirest in the dictionary

  1. inspiredly
  2. inspiredness
  3. inspirer
  4. inspirers
  5. inspires
  6. inspirest
  7. inspireth
  8. inspiring
  9. inspiringly
  10. inspirings
  11. inspirit

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