enspiren
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom spiren (“to inquire”).
Verb
editenspiren (third-person singular simple present enspireth, present participle enspirende, enspirynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle enspired)
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- “enspiren, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editFrom Old French enspirer, variant of espirer, from Latin spīrāre (“to breathe”).
Verb
editenspiren (third-person singular simple present enspireth, present participle enspirende, enspirynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle enspired)
- to inspire
Alternative forms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “enspīren, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.