Main Entry: in_spire
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French inspirer, from Latin inspirare, from in + spirare: to breathe
transitive verb
1 a: to exert an animating, enlivening, or exalting influence b: to spur on c: to draw forth or bring out d: to affect
2 a archaic: to breathe or blow into or upon b archaic: infuse (as life) by breathing