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Meaning:

Verb:

  • archaic transitive To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
  • intransitive To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
  • To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
  • transitive To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
  • transitive To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
  • transitive To spread rumour indirectly.

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