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• v  heighten or intensify
• v  supply the inspiration for
  The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work
• v  serve as the inciting cause of
• v  spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
• v  fill with revolutionary ideas
• v  draw in (air)
  The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well

• Browse through the various swatches, palettes and patterns to help inspire your next creative project or your next clothes-shopping trip.
• Maybe he'll inspire a whole new generation of kids to pass out of double teams the way he does.
• Maybe he'll inspire a whole new generation of kids to pass out of double teams the way he does.

• animate
• invigorate
• enliven
• exalt
• prompt
• instigate
• cheer
• root on
• urge
• barrack
• urge on
• exhort
• pep up
• revolutionize
• revolutionise
• inhale
• breathe in

• exhale

News & Articles

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• E.O. Wilson's Advice for Future Scientists
  In his new book, Letters to a Young Scientist , biologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson aims to inspire a new generation of scientists. Among his observations and advice: Geniuses don't make the best scientists, and don't worry if you aren't good at math.
  June 21, 2013 - NPR
• InSite Vision Regains Development Rights for AzaSite Xtra™
  InSite Vision Incorporated today announced that the company has regained North American development rights to azithromycin ophthalmic solution 2%, trademarked as AzaSite Xtra™, from Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., known as MSD outside the United States and Canada.
  June 21, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Beckham looks to the future to help Chinese game
  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - David Beckham drew a line under China's soccer history on Thursday, saying he hoped to inspire local children to get back into the sport. Appointed in March as a Chinese soccer ambassador shortly before the start of the new Super League season, the former England captain faces a tough task with local soccer still in a quagmire following a long line of graft issues. ...
  June 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• John McCain in New York Times
  I further propose we inspire the ingenuity and resolve of the American people,Mr. McCain said, "by offering a $300 million prize for the development of a battery package that has the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the...
• Zubin Mehta in The Associated Press
  We hope and we pray that the music will inspire people on the other side to open their hearts,Mehta told the audience of thousands.
• Sonia Sotomayor in Free Internet Press
  Sotomayor said she was trying "to inspire young Hispanics, Latino students and lawyers to believe that their life experiences added value to the process."