![]() ![]() It forms all or part of: and atoll dysentery embargo embarrass embryo empire employ en- (1) "in into " en- (2) "near, at, in, on, within " enclave endo- enema engine enoptomancy enter enteric enteritis entero- entice ento- entrails envoy envy episode esoteric imbroglio immolate immure impede impend impetus important impostor impresario impromptu in in- (2) "into, in, on, upon " inchoate incite increase inculcate incumbent industry indigence inflict ingenuous ingest inly inmost inn innate inner innuendo inoculate insignia instant intaglio inter- interim interior intern internal intestine intimate (adj.) "closely acquainted, very familiar " intra- intricate intrinsic intro- introduce introduction introit introspect invert mesentery. Meaning "one who inspires others" is attested by 1867. Inspire (v.) in Middle English also was used to mean "breath or put life or spirit into the human body impart reason to a human soul." Literal sense "act of inhaling" attested in English from 1560s. ![]() The sense evolution seems to be from "breathe into" to "infuse animation or influence," thus "affect, rouse, guide or control," especially by divine influence. ![]() , And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. 1300, "immediate influence of God or a god," especially that under which the holy books were written, from Old French inspiracion "inhaling, breathing in inspiration" (13c.), from Late Latin inspirationem (nominative inspiratio), noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin inspirare "blow into, breathe upon," figuratively "inspire, excite, inflame," from in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). ![]()
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