A sudden good idea or feeling that motivates you to create or do something. It can also mean someone or something that strongly encourages you.
From Latin 'inspiratio' meaning 'a breathing into', from 'inspirare' (to breathe into), from 'in-' (into) + 'spirare' (to breathe). It once carried a religious sense, as if a divine power breathed ideas into a person.
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