Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being inspired or breathed; that may be drawn into the lungs; inhalable, as air or vapors.
- That may become inspired or infused with something; capable of being affected by or as if by inspiration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being inspired or drawn into the lungs; inhalable; respirable; admitting inspiration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to be
inspired ; capable ofinspiring .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Gore's challenge will not inspire un-inspirable politicians to act.
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No creature being can excel in order a soul so configured to God as to be inspirable by him; able to receive his impulse, fall into his movement, rest in his ends, and be finally perfected in the eternity of his joys.
Sermons for the New Life. 1802-1876 1876
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In the capacity of this, he is called an inspirable creature, and has this for one of his highest distinctions.
Sermons for the New Life. 1802-1876 1876
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My subject is, the spirit in man; or what is the same, the fact that we are, as being spirit, permeable and inspirable by the Almighty.
Sermons for the New Life. 1802-1876 1876
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Observe also, in some particulars, what takes place in the human soul, as an inspirable nature, when it is practically filled and operated by the Spirit of God.
Sermons for the New Life. 1802-1876 1876
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It is inspirable by electricity, and bears human hopes, fears, and loves in its own bosom.
Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Henry White Warren 1871
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He is so inspirable and deserves our efforts to continue his job.
Aish Weekly Articles 2009
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