Inspiration-

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• inspiration — [ ɛ̃spirasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1120; bas lat. inspiratio I ♦ A ♦ L inspiration. 1 ♦ Sorte de souffle émanant d un être surnaturel, qui apporterait aux hommes des conseils, des révélations; état mystique de l âme sous cette impulsion surnaturelle.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Inspiration — may refer to: * Artistic inspiration, sudden creativity in artistic production * Revelation, an uncovering or disclosure of something hidden via communication from the divine * Biblical inspiration, the doctrine in Judeo Christian theology… …   Wikipedia

• Inspiration — In spi*ra tion, n. [F. inspiration, L. inspiratio. See {Inspire}.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• inspiration — inspiration, afflatus, fury, frenzy, especially when qualified by divine or poetic, all designate the seemingly involuntary element in the arts of expression for which the artist often holds a power outside himself responsible. Inspiration may… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Inspiration — Sf schöpferischer Einfall erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. īnspīrātio ( ōnis), eigentlich Einhauchen, Einatmen , einem Abstraktum zu l. īnspīrāre einflößen, hineinblasen , zu l. spīrāre blasen, wehen, hauchen und… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

• inspiration — Inspiration. s. f. Action d inspirer, & la chose inspirée. Inspiration Divine, de Dieu, d enhaut. il luy vint une sainte inspiration. j ay eu une bonne inspiration …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

• inspiration — c.1300, immediate influence of God or a god, especially that under which the holy books were written, from O.Fr. inspiracion inhaling, breathing in; inspiration, from L.L. inspirationem (nom. inspiratio), noun of action from pp. stem of L.… …   Etymology dictionary

• inspiration — Inspiration, Instinctus, huius instinctus. Inspiration divine, Diuinus afflatus, siue inflatus …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

• inspiration — [in΄spə rā′shən] n. [ME inspiracioun < OFr inspiration < LL inspiratio] 1. a breathing in, as of air into the lungs; inhaling 2. an inspiring or being inspired mentally or emotionally 3. a) an inspiring influence; any stimulus to creative… …   English World dictionary

• Inspiration — (v. lat. Inspiratio), 1) das Einathmen, s.u. Athmen; daher Inspirationsmuskeln, die zum Einathmen dienenden Muskeln; 2) (gr. Theopneustie), die besondere Einwirkung Gottes, mittelst welcher er durch den Heiligen Geist die Apostel so unterstützte… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon