Definition of Insperation
Inspiration, an earnest, divinely-awakened, soul-subduing sense and
perception of the presence of the invisible in the visible, of the
infinite in the finite, of the ideal in the real, of the divine in the
human, and, in ecstatic moments, of very God in man, accompanied with a
burning desire to impart to others the vision revealed; distinguished as
"seraphic" from insanity as "demonic" by this, that the inspired man sees
an invisible which is there, and the insane an invisible which is not
there, states of mind so like otherwise that the one may be, and often
is, mistaken for the other, the inspired man taken for an insane, and the
insane man for an inspired.
- Wikipedia
In`spi*ra"tion (?), n. [F.
inspiration, L. inspiratio. See Inspire.]
1. The act of inspiring or breathing in;
breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs,
accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and
flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of
expiration.
2. The act or power of exercising an
elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions;
the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the
inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their
death have good inspirations. Shak.
3. (Theol.) A supernatural divine
influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they
were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with
authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive
and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
All Scripture is given by inspiration of
God. 2 Tim. iii. 16.
The age which we now live in is not an age of
inspiration and impulses. Sharp.
Plenary inspiration (Theol.), that
kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the
inspired message. -- Verbal inspiration
(Theol.), that kind of inspiration which extends to the
very words and forms of expression of the divine message.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.
- The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
- A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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