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Webster 1913 Edition

Inspired

In-spired′

,
Adj.
1.
Breathed in; inhaled.
2.
Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration;
as, the
inspired
prophets; the
inspired
writers.
3.
Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; – opposed to
uninspired
,
profane
, or
secular
;
as, the
inspired
writings, that is, the Scriptures
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inspired

INSPI'RED

,
pp.
Breathed in; inhaled; infused.
1.
Informed or directed by the Holy Spirit.

Definition 2024

inspired

inspired

English

Adjective

inspired ‎(comparative more inspired, superlative most inspired)

  1. Having excellence through inspiration.
    The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.
    • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:
      New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.
  2. Filled with inspiration or motivated.
    The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece.
    He was inspired to learn to fly.

Verb

inspired

  1. simple past tense and past participle of inspire.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
      But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.

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