Meaning

• 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.

• 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."

• To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.

• To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

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

• To spread rumour indirectly.