inspiration

  • 1inspiration — [ ɛ̃spirasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1120; bas lat. inspiratio I ♦ A ♦ L inspiration. 1 ♦ Sorte de souffle émanant d un être surnaturel, qui apporterait aux hommes des conseils, des révélations; état mystique de l âme sous cette impulsion surnaturelle.… …

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  • 2Inspiration — may refer to: * Artistic inspiration, sudden creativity in artistic production * Revelation, an uncovering or disclosure of something hidden via communication from the divine * Biblical inspiration, the doctrine in Judeo Christian theology… …

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  • 3Inspiration — In spi*ra tion, n. [F. inspiration, L. inspiratio. See {Inspire}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and… …

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  • 4inspiration — inspiration, afflatus, fury, frenzy, especially when qualified by divine or poetic, all designate the seemingly involuntary element in the arts of expression for which the artist often holds a power outside himself responsible. Inspiration may… …

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  • 5Inspiration- — (album) Inspiration Album par Yngwie Malmsteen Sortie 1996 Genre(s) heavy metal / hard rock Label Foundation Albums de …

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  • 6Inspiration — Sf schöpferischer Einfall erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. īnspīrātio ( ōnis), eigentlich Einhauchen, Einatmen , einem Abstraktum zu l. īnspīrāre einflößen, hineinblasen , zu l. spīrāre blasen, wehen, hauchen und… …

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  • 7inspiration — Inspiration. s. f. Action d inspirer, & la chose inspirée. Inspiration Divine, de Dieu, d enhaut. il luy vint une sainte inspiration. j ay eu une bonne inspiration …

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  • 8inspiration — c.1300, immediate influence of God or a god, especially that under which the holy books were written, from O.Fr. inspiracion inhaling, breathing in; inspiration, from L.L. inspirationem (nom. inspiratio), noun of action from pp. stem of L.… …

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  • 9inspiration — Inspiration, Instinctus, huius instinctus. Inspiration divine, Diuinus afflatus, siue inflatus …

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  • 10inspiration — [in΄spə rā′shən] n. [ME inspiracioun < OFr inspiration < LL inspiratio] 1. a breathing in, as of air into the lungs; inhaling 2. an inspiring or being inspired mentally or emotionally 3. a) an inspiring influence; any stimulus to creative… …

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