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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or used for the drawing in of air.
  • adjective Intended or used to motivate or inspire.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to inspiration or inhalation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to, or aiding, inspiration.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to inspiration (in all senses)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration

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