Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate. 2. (v. t.) To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing. 3. (v. t.) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire. 4. (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. 5. (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. 6. (v. i.) To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire. 7. (v. i.) To breathe; to blow gently.

Multi-Version Concordance Inspire (3 Occurrences) Isaiah 47:12 Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers. (See RSV) Jeremiah 32:40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me. (See NIV) Jeremiah 49:16 As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh. (See RSV NIV)