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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inspiration \In`spi*ra"tion\, n. [F. inspiration, L. inspiratio. See Inspire.]
The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.
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The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations.
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(Theol.) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.
--2 Tim. iii. 16.The age which we now live in is not an age of inspiration and impulses.
--Sharp.Plenary inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the inspired message.
Verbal inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which extends to the very words and forms of expression of the divine message.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "immediate influence of God or a god," especially that under which the holy books were written, from Old French inspiracion "inhaling, breathing in; inspiration," from Late Latin inspirationem (nominative inspiratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin inspirare "inspire, inflame, blow into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Literal sense "act of inhaling" attested in English from 1560s. Meaning "one who inspires others" is attested by 1867.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context physiology uncountable English) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of respiration. 2 (context countable English) A breath, a single inhalation. 3 A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. 4 The act of an elevate or stimulate influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity. In this sense, it is generally followed by the adposition ''to'' or ''for'':
WordNet
n. arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
a product of your creative thinking and work; "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists"; "after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality" [syn: brainchild]
a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
(theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings; "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance" [syn: divine guidance]
arousing to a particular emotion or action [syn: stirring]
the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing [syn: inhalation, aspiration, breathing in]
Wikipedia
Inspiration or inspire may refer to:
- Artistic inspiration, sudden creativity in artistic production
- Biblical inspiration, the doctrine in Judeo-Christian theology concerned with the divine origin of the Bible
- Creative inspiration, sudden creativity when a new invention is created
- Inhalation, the movement of air into the lungs, breathing in
Inspiration, originally planned to be True Idol, is the debut album of William Hung, originally recorded at Fantasy Studios and released by Koch Entertainment, now Entertainment One, in 2004. Although the album was commercially successful, it received a highly negative critical reception due to Hung's poor vocals and the sound of the karaoke tracks used in the album.
Inspiration is the ninth studio album by guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, released on 14 October 1996 (see release history). It is a tribute album consisting entirely of covers of various bands who influenced Malmsteen. Featured on vocals are Jeff Scott Soto, Mark Boals and Joe Lynn Turner, all of whom performed on Malmsteen's first four studio albums.
Inspiration - Colors & Reflections is the sixth album by the Azeri jazz artist Aziza Mustafa Zadeh. The album was released in 2000 and achieved sales of over 800,000 copies worldwide.
Inspiration is a 1915 American silent drama film written by Virginia Tyler Hudson and directed by George Foster Platt and starring Audrey Munson. It is notable for being the first non- pornographic American film to feature full nudity of a woman. On reissue in 1918, the film was called The Perfect Model. All copies of the movie are believed to have been lost.
Inspiration is a 1989 album by Elkie Brooks. It is a mixture of cover versions and original tracks and includes the single "Shame". It was recorded 1989 at Abbey Road Studios, RPM Studios, Pavilion Studios, Rock House and Woody Bay Studios. The album was issued on CD, vinyl and cassette in 1989 through Telstar Records, and re-released on CD and cassette by Ronco.
Inspiration reached number 58 and remained in the UK charts for 3 weeks.
"Shame" was originally entered in the 1989 A Song for Europe, sung by Jane Alexander, coming third.
Inspiration #1 is the first Japanese studio album of South Korean boy band Shinhwa. It was released on 16 August 2006. State Of The Art peaked at #4 on the Oricon Chart in Japan and sold over 100,000 copies.
Inspiration is a 1931 American Pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adapted from the Alphonse Daudet short novel Sappho (1884). The film was adapted by Gene Markey, directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Irving Thalberg. The cinematography was by William H. Daniels, the art direction by Cedric Gibbons and the costume design by Adrian.
The film features Greta Garbo playing Yvonne Valbret, an artist's model and kept woman. Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone and Marjorie Rambeau co-starred. The film is a romantic melodrama that portrays a Parisian belle whose past returns to haunt her. (Inspiration is the only film in which Garbo played opposite Montgomery.)
According to the critics, Garbo played her role easily and convincingly, contributing sparkling bits of light comedy, and making the awkward dialogue believable. She illuminates every scene, shining in her different styles of coiffure and striking costumes.
Inspiration is a British-designed and -built steam-propelled car designed by Glynne Bowsher and developed by the BSCC (British Steam Car Challenge) team.
Inspiration holds the World Land Speed Record for a steam-powered vehicle, set on August 26, 2009, when it achieved a speed of . This improved on the record set the previous day which broke the oldest standing land speed record set in 1906 by Fred Marriott in the Stanley Steamer.
The car was driven by Charles Burnett III at the Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. It is 7.6 m long, 1.7 m wide and weighs 3 tons. It is powered by a two-stage turbine driven by superheated steam from 12 boilers containing distilled water. The boilers are heated by burners which burn Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) to produce 3 Megawatts (MW) of heat. The steam produced is at a temperature of 400 °C and a pressure of 4000 kN/m (40 bar). The engine is capable of developing 288 kW (360 hp) and consumes around 40 litres of water per minute).
The car will be retired to the National Motor Museum Trust at Beaulieu, England.
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Inspiration is a public artwork by American artist Ethan Kerber, located at a commercial building at the intersection of 5th St NW & K St NW in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. "Inspiration" was created through DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
Inspiration is the third album by Bay Area-based R&B group Maze. Released in 1979 on Capitol Records.
Inspiration is a Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse.
In the season of 2008-2009, Inspiration catapulted himself from Class 2 winner in September at Happy Valley to shock 68-1 winner of the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint (G1-1200m) in December.. In February 2009, he lands a second career Group One in the Centenary Sprint Cup (1000m). Inspiration also is one of the nominees of Hong Kong Horse of the Year.
Inspiration is a 1948 Czech animated short film directed by Karel Zeman. It is a wordless stop-motion film made using glass figurines. The characters in the film are stock characters from Italian comedia dell'arte.
Inspiration is an album by American jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson recorded in 1994 and released on the Milestone label.
Usage examples of "inspiration".
John Locke, from whom Adams, Jefferson, and other American patriots drew inspiration, had published some of his earliest works while a political refugee in Amsterdam.
Presumably theoreticians needed airier and lighter surroundings for inspiration.
They drew their inspiration not merely from Sozini, but from a variety of sources, for the doctrine appeared simultaneously among certain Anabaptist and Spiritualist sects.
His early style is more a new and personal approach to the Romanesque than a faithful resurrection of the Roman, and that inspiration was all around him in the Romanesque churches of Florence: the Baptistery, Santi Apostoli along the Arno, San Miniato al Monte high on a hill overlooking the city, to name a few that can still be seen today.
Better a controlled cut, unthreatening in the mutual courtesy of the Hyarke, than a Bloodletter desperate for this red inspiration, therefore dangerous in his chaos.
I shall sit in that room and see if its atmosphere brings me inspiration.
The anti-Corn Law rhymes of Ebenezer Eliot, and the Chartist songs of Ernest Jones were notable inspirations in their day, and in our own times Walt Whitman and Mr.
But Condy had caught sight of a half-filled book-shelf against the opposite wall, and had been suddenly smitten with an inspiration.
While rather an overstatement, the reference serves to illustrate at least the interchange of counterinsurgent information, if not to trace a specific inspiration for the use of the tactic in the Philippines.
Their eyes have, at all times, been bent upon the Dayspring of Thy loving-kindness, and their faces set towards the Fountainhead of Thine inspiration.
To Jerry she had given the images of tree and river, but Devi seemed to have her own sources of inspiration.
The bright blue sky of Rome, and the effect of the vigorous awakening spring in that divinest climate, and the new life with which it drenches the spirits even to intoxication, were the inspiration of this drama.
And while her success at integrating these levels might be spotty, she had experienced first hand those depths, that higher realm, where the Dreamtime and creative inspiration, the collective and the personal, the zeitgeist and the collective unconscious arise as steps in the same dance.
Gospel, which perpetrates an inversion of its spirit, Bartleffs variation is genuinely evangelical in inspiration, as befits the Erasmian fool in Christ.
Torridge for its weight in silver, and draw from thence, after the example of the Caciques of Dariena, supplies of inspiration much needed, then as now, in those Gothamite regions.