inspiration

The excitement of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity.

The condition of being so excited.

The quality of being so excited, as manifested in something.

A person or thing that moves the intellect or emotions or prompts action or invention.

Something, such as a sudden creative act or idea, that is inspired.

Divine guidance or influence exerted directly on a human mind or soul.

The act of drawing in, especially the inhalation of air into the lungs.

The act of inspiring or breathing in; a drawing into the lungs, as of air; inhalation; the first movement in the act of respiration, followed by expiration.

A breathing or infusion into the mind or soul; an awakening or creation of thought, purpose, or any mental condition, by some specific external influence; intellectual exaltation; an inexplicable cognition, as the knowledge of an axiom, according to a priori philosophers.