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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An inspirer; one who inspires or incites.

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Examples

  • Et dans les cœurs chrétiens inspirant ses fureurs,

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Il y avait là vraiment quelque chose de spécial et le film, avec raison, a par la suite été distribué partout dans le monde, inspirant même un remake américain

    Midnight Poutine 2010

  • Yet they lose nothing thereby in the voluptuous impression left upon the fancy: -- sic in amore Venus simulacris ludit amantis, nec satiare queunt spectando corpora coram nec manibus quicquam teneris abradere membris possunt errantes incerti corpore toto. denique cum membris conlatis flore fruuntur ætatis, iam cum præsagit gaudia corpus atque in eost Venus ut muliebria conserat arva, adfigunt avide corpus iunguntque salivas oris et inspirant pressantes dentibus ora, nequiquam, quoniam nil inde abradere possunt nec penetrare et abire in corpus corpore toto.

    Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series John Addington Symonds 1866

  • Yet they lose nothing thereby in the voluptuous impression left upon the fancy: -- sic in amore Venus simulacris ludit amantis, nec satiare queunt spectando corpora coram nec manibus quicquam teneris abradere membris possunt errantes incerti corpore toto. denique cum membris conlatis flore fruuntur ætatis, iam cum præsagit gaudia corpus atque in eost Venus ut muliebria conserat arva, adfigunt avide corpus iunguntque salivas oris et inspirant pressantes dentibus ora, nequiquam, quoniam nil inde abradere possunt nec penetrare et abire in corpus corpore toto.

    Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866

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