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Verb
S:
(v)
inspire
,
animate
,
invigorate
,
enliven
,
exalt
(heighten or intensify)
"These paintings exalt the imagination"
S:
(v)
inspire
(supply the inspiration for)
"The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
S:
(v)
prompt
,
inspire
,
instigate
(serve as the inciting cause of)
"She prompted me to call my relatives"
S:
(v)
cheer
,
root on
,
inspire
,
urge
,
barrack
,
urge on
,
exhort
,
pep up
(spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts)
"The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
S:
(v)
revolutionize
,
revolutionise
,
inspire
(fill with revolutionary ideas)
S:
(v)
inhale
,
inspire
,
breathe in
(draw in (air))
"Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"