The act of inspiring or breathing in.
breath
(physiology) The
drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm.
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,
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.