Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inspired"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inspired}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inspiring}.]
1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; --
opposed to {expire}.
2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]
And when the wind amongst them did inspire, They
wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inspired \In*spired"\, a.
1. Breathed in; inhaled.
2. Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence;
affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets;
the inspired writers.
3. Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine
inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy;
-- opposed to {uninspired}, {profane}, or {secular}; as,
the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inspired
adj : of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine
inspiration; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine
Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired
performance" [syn: {divine}, {elysian}]
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