Inspire vs. Perspire

Inspireverb

(transitive) 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.

Perspireverb

(ambitransitive) To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.

‘I was perspiring freely after running the marathon.’;

Inspireverb

(transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.

‘Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.’;

Perspireverb

(intransitive) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.

‘A fluid perspires.’;

Inspireverb

(intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.

Perspireverb

To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.

Inspireverb

To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

Perspireverb

To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.

Inspireverb

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

Perspireverb

To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.

‘Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine.’;

Inspireverb

(transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.

Perspireverb

excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin;

‘Exercise makes one sweat’;

Inspireverb

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

‘When Zephirus eek, with his sweete breath,Inspirèd hath in every holt and heathThe tender crops.’; ‘Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing,The breathing instruments inspire.’;

Inspireverb

To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

‘He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into him an active soul.’;

Inspireverb

To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; - opposed to expire.

‘Forced to inspire and expire the air with difficulty.’;

Inspireverb

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.

‘And generous stout courage did inspire.’; ‘But dawning day new comfort hath inspired.’;

Inspireverb

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; to inspire a person to do extraordinary feats.

‘Erato, thy poet's mind inspire,And fill his soul with thy celestial fire.’;

Inspireverb

To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; - opposed to expire.

Inspireverb

To breathe; to blow gently.

‘And when the wind amongst them did inspire,They wavèd like a penon wide dispread.’;

Inspireverb

heighten or intensify;

‘These paintings exalt the imagination’;

Inspireverb

supply the inspiration for;

‘The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work’;

Inspireverb

serve as the inciting cause of;

‘She prompted me to call my relatives’;

Inspireverb

urge on or encourage especially by shouts;

‘The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers’;

Inspireverb

fill with revolutionary ideas

Inspireverb

draw in (air);

‘Inhale deeply’; ‘inhale the fresh mountain air’; ‘The patient has trouble inspiring’; ‘The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well’;