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Meanings of inspire (inspires) in English

Catalan
inspirar
Spanish
activar

To spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.

      inspirar
      Catalan
      vigoritzar
      Spanish
      exaltar

      Heighten or intensify.

            vigoritzar
            Portuguese
            inalar
            Catalan
            aspirar

            To draw air into the lungs.

                inalar
                Portuguese
                impelir
                Spanish
                incitar

                Serve as the inciting cause of.

                      impelir
                      Usage of inspires in English
                      1
                      That confidence inspires fear among many of those who work for him.
                      Reuters
                      2
                      Hauling warm bodies from point A to point B inspires no one.
                      Up in the air
                      3
                      It is the actual, vivid belief in its possibility which inspires them.
                      Proposed Roads to Freedom
                      4
                      Announcing the winners of literary prizes often inspires more debate than delight.
                      The Irish Times
                      5
                      The Dezign Diva inspires others to use what's already available to them.
                      Jamaica Observer
                      6
                      Nothing can exceed the admiration which this poem inspires in the East.
                      Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
                      7
                      It is slavery which inspires all, from the general to the trumpeter.
                      The American Union Speaker
                      8
                      The woman who inspires him is said to be a great beauty.
                      The Oracle Glass
                      9
                      All these things, including not showering for days, inspires me toward minimalism.
                      Ebony
                      10
                      Thus the opening of the supplication inspires veneration and confidence in Mary.
                      The Excellence of the Rosary / Conferences for Devotions in Hono...
                      11
                      And whose beauty inspires Utamaro to create some of his greatest works.
                      The new yorker
                      12
                      It inspired me to take up architecture and still inspires architects today.
                      The Irish Times
                      13
                      In his pages it glows with moral promise, it inspires and regenerates.
                      George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
                      14
                      Some deep purpose inspires him; let it be mine to fathom it.
                      New Arabian Nights
                      15
                      It hardly inspires credibility for the iPhone as a secure business device.
                      Wired
                      16
                      Moore hopes that their small movement inspires parallel actions in other communities.
                      Ebony
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                      Translations for inspires
                      Inspires through the time
                      Inspires across language varieties
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                      Common
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