inspire

verb

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   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.”

3. 3

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

4. 4

   To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

5. 5

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

6. 6

   To spread rumour indirectly.