Clues for the word "INSPIRE"
We've had 40 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 81 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on October 22, 2025.
Definition of inspire
- v. t. - To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
- v. t. - To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
- v. t. - To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue.
- v. i. - To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.
- v. i. - To breathe; to blow gently.
Referring Clues
- Fill with feeling
- Prompt
- Fill with confidence
- Motivate
- Be a muse for
- Emulate a muse
- Fire up
- Bring about
- Urge on to great things
- Hearten
- What Muses do
- Give an emotional lift to
- Act as a muse
- Give rise to
- Draw a breath
- Spur on
- Spark
- Influence
- Give a pep talk to
- Influence creatively
- Animate
- What mentor will do
- Encourage - breathe in
- Arouse fury with rolling pins
- Fill with confidence - be the origin of
- Stimulate into creative activity
- Breathe fire
- Draw breath in anger over having no issue
- Encourage - animate - draw into the lungs
- Stimulate
- Encourage one to breathe in
- Give rise to pub's pile of dead men, say
- Raise enthusiasm in
- Stimulate creativity in or motivate
- Provoke fashionable element of church
- Give rise to fashionable tapering structure
- Invigorate
- Fire single sniper shot
- Motivate to act
- Give ideas to
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - October 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 26, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 12, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 05, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 10, 2025
- Mirror Mini - July 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 08, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 27, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 30, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - August 22, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 15, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - March 21, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - February 01, 2024
- Your Life Choices - December 19, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - August 17, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - August 01, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - July 16, 2023
- Your Life Choices - February 07, 2023
- Your Life Choices - November 29, 2022
- Your Life Choices - September 08, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - September 04, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - February 04, 2018
- Your Life Choices - December 09, 2017
- LA Times - December 07, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - September 10, 2017
- Mirror Mini - July 03, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - May 21, 2017
- Netword - May 07, 2017
- Guardian Quick - March 25, 2017
- And in 51 more crossword puzzles...