inspire
Verbs
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(v) heighten or intensify
- These paintings exalt the imagination
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(v) supply the inspiration for
- The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work
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(v) serve as the inciting cause of
- She prompted me to call my relatives
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(v) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
- (v) fill with revolutionary ideas revolutionise, revolutionize,
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(v) draw in (air)
- Inhale deeply
- inhale the fresh mountain air
- The patient has trouble inspiring
- The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well