inspire

Meanings

• heighten or intensify
• supply the inspiration for
  • "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
• serve as the inciting cause of
• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
• fill with revolutionary ideas
• draw in (air)
  • "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"

Synonyms

animate, barrack, breathe in, cheer, enliven, exalt, exhort, inhale, instigate, invigorate, pep up, prompt, revolutionise, revolutionize, root on, urge, urge on