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    [Noun]  | "in*spi*ra*tion" | \ ˌin(t)-spə-ˈrā-shən \


    1: an inspiring agent or influence

    2: the quality or state of being inspired

    3: something that is inspired


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "divine inspiration" 


    1: inspiration that comes from God

    [Noun]  | "inspiration" 


    1: something that arouses action or activity;


      * e.g., " ... She traveled cross-country seeking inspiration for her next book. "





    2: the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others;


      * e.g., " ... They were a group of young artists filled with inspiration. "





    3: a feeling of ease from grief or trouble;


      * e.g., " ... The return of summer brought with it a new sense of inspiration. "





     [ "inspiration" ]

    1: A word for that special herb.

      * e.g.,  ... I need some inspiration, man. 

     [ "inspiration" ]

    1: See instead plagiarism.

      * e.g.,  ... Perhaps a hundred years ago or more, it was called inspiration. Now it's called plagiarism. 

     [ "inspiration" ]

    1: A particular person you look up to.

      * e.g.,  ... “My inspiration is Courtney Stapleton.” 

     [ "inspiration" ]

    1: what you use for those intimate personal exchanges between hand and genitals

      * e.g.,  ... Scott: You saw that episode of Oprah today, right? 

     [ "inspirational" ]

    1: Rises up to the challenges in life. / Sets goals. / Acheive goals. / Living up to all that could be!

      * e.g.,  ... In spite of all the hurdles in life, #20 rose up to the challenges, set and achieved goals ~ game-wise and personally, to becomme PRMHA bantam most inspirational hockey player of 2010. 

     [ "Inspiration" ]

    1: That feeling inside you that makes you want to try new things. It gives you hope inside and makes you see the world differently. If it's powerful enough, it can persuade you to do anything. Sometimes the person who inspires you could be a political figure, or a celebrity or even your parents. It could be anybody.

      * e.g.,  ... Bob: My inspiration is my dad. 

     [ "Inspiraling" ]

    1: A combination of the word inspiring and spiraling, common when a group of people are brainstorming, have a series of good ideas, and then those ideas get out of control or silly and the group has to rein back in the topic.

      * e.g.,  ... Mitchell, I really think your first idea was fantastic and spurred a lot of other ideas, but now we are inspiraling and need to refocus on which ideas are realistic. 

     [ "Inspirement" ]

    1: Inspirement: (Noun) Pronounced "In-spire-ment".

      * e.g.,  ... Ex 1:  


     [ "Inspirement" ]

    2: The act of becoming motivated, encouraged, and enthused to the point of making a significant difference or change.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Dude, I'm so burnt out from mid-terms, I really need some inspirement to make it through these finals. 

     [ "inspired" ]

    1:  amazing, brilliant, wonderful, impressive, exciting, outstanding, thrilling, memorable, dazzling, enthralling, superlative, of genius She produced an inspired performance. stimulated, possessed, aroused, uplifted, exhilarated, stirred up, enthused, exalted, elated,

      * e.g.,  ... Of such surpassing brilliance or excellence as to suggest divine inspiration: an inspired musician; an inspired performance. Aroused or guided by or as if aroused or guided by divine inspiration an inspired performance she was like one inspired. Extremely accurate or apt but based on intuition rather than knowledge or logical deduction an inspired guess. Resulting from such inspiration: an inspired poem; an inspired plan. Inhaled: inspired air. To fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers. To produce or arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.): to inspire confidence in others. To fill or affect with a specified feeling, thought, etc.: to inspire a person with distrust. To give inspiration. Being inspirated. Aroused or guided by or as if aroused or guided by divine inspiration: an inspired performance ; she was like one inspired Extremely accurate or apt but based on intuition rather than knowledge or logical deduction: an inspired guess 

     [ "Inspirate" ]

    1: Inspirate incorrect Frenglish translation of the French verb inspirer tags:

      * e.g.,  ... Inspirate, per se, does not exist in English. The French term inspirer translated into English, is actually the verb to inspire in correct English, not Inspirate. Although, I will concede one point; inspiration in French does indeed translate to inspiration in English. 

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