Definition of inspires:
(v) :
(transitive) 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.
(v) :
(transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
(v) :
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
(v) :
(transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.
(v) :
(archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.