Inspired, animated, or filled with a sudden feeling or idea, as if breathed into one by an external force.
Past participle of afflate, from Latin afflatus. Primarily poetic and literary in application, emphasizing the sudden or divine nature of inspiration.
Poets used 'afflated' to describe moments when inspiration struck like lightning—it suggests a passive receiving of ideas rather than actively thinking them up, which matches how creative people often describe their work.
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