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Verb inspire has 6 senses
- inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt - heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
--1 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to inspire Sue
- inspire - supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
--2 is one way to occasion
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- prompt, inspire, instigate - serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
--3 is one way to induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sample sentence:
They inspire him to write the letter
- cheer, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up - urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
--4 is one way to encourage
Sample sentence:
They inspire him to write the letter
- revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire - fill with revolutionary ideas
--5 is one way to indoctrinate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- 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"
--6 is one way to breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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