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Definition of inspiration
- n. - 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 flattening of the diaphragm; -- the
opposite of expiration.
- n. - 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.
- n. - 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.