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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
  • breath
  • physiology the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm.
  • The act of breathing in
  • The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.

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