inspector 
examination the quality or condition of the 
work, or of any article offered for sale or tin ns- 
fer; a public officer charged with such duties: 
as, the inspectors of election or of police; :in 
iiixpi-i-liii- of weights and measures. Specifically 
2. An initiate in the mysteries of Eleusis; 
an epopt or seer. 
These doctrines were conveyed under allegories and 
symbols, and ... the completely Initiated were called 
, ,.,,/,,. 11. I'. Kni'.iM, Anc. Art and Myth. <187eXp. 5. 
inspectorate (in-spek'tor-at), n. [< inspector + 
-n i< ''. ] 1 . A district under the charge or super- 
vision of an inspector; specifically, one of the 
two larger administrative districts into which 
western Greenland is divided. 2. A body of 
inspectors or overseers. 
inspector-general (in-spek'tor-jen'o-ral), . 
Aii officer charged with the oversight of some 
system of inspection, as that of an army, a class 
of public works or of machinery, etc Super- 
vising inspector-general of steam-vessels, an officer 
of the Treasury Department of the United States, who, 
with the aid of a fioiird of inspectors, administer! the 
steamboat-inspection laws. 
inspectorial (in-spek-to'ri-al), . [< inspector 
+ -</.] Of or pertaining to an inspector; re- 
lating to inspectors. 
We are then confronted by a question which was once 
proposed in an inspectorial report. The Times (London). 
inspectorship (in-spek'tor-ship), . [<inspector 
+ -ship.] The office of an inspector; the dis- 
trict embraced under the jurisdiction of an in- 
spector Deed Of Inspectorship, an agreement be- 
tween an embarrassed debtor and his creditors, providing 
for forbearance, and the carrying on of the business mean- 
while by the debtor, under the inspection and control of 
a committee of the creditors, called inspectors, to whom 
power Is usually given to extend the period fixed by the 
deed. 
inspectress (in-spek'tres), n. [= P. iiispectnce; 
as inspector + -ess.] A female inspector. 
Intiieetress General of the royal ge< 
insperset (in-spers'), v. t. [< L. inspcrsus, pp. 
of inxperaere, scatter into or upon, < in, in, on, 
+ xparyere, scatter: see sparse. Cf. asperse, 
<li*i>erse.] To sprinkle upon. Bailey. 
inspersiont (in-sper'shon), n. [< LL. insper- 
sio(n-), a scattering or sprinkling upon, < L. in- 
snergere, pp. iitsperstts, scatter upon: see in- 
.-./.rrae.] The act of sprinkling; a sprinkling. 
('hapmaii, Iliad, xi. 
inspeximust (m-spek'si-mus), n. [L., wo have 
inspected (1st pers. pi. perf. ind. act. of inspi- 
cere, look into, inspect: see inspect): the first 
word in many old charters and letters patent.] 
An exemplification ; a royal grant. 
An inxpexiintis consists of a recital that a previous 
document has been Inspected, and a confirmatory regrant 
thereof. a. and <j., 6th ser., XII. 411. 
insphere, r. t. See cnspnere. 
in-sphere (in'sfer), n. [< inscribed) + sphere.} 
An inscribed sphere. 
inspirable (iu-spir'a-bl), a. [= Sp. inspirable 
= Pg. inspiravel; as inspire + -able.] 1. Capa- 
ble of being inspired or breathed ; that may be 
drawn into the lungs; inhalable, as air or va- 
pors. 
To these intpirable hurts, we may enumerate those they 
sustain from their expiration of fuliginous steams. 
Harvey. 
2. That may become inspired or infused with 
something; capable of being affected by or as 
if by inspiration. 
insp'irant (in-spir'ant), n. [< L. insptran(t-)s, 
ppr. of inspirare, inspire: see inspire.] An in- 
spirer ; one who inspires or incites. [Rare.] 
He presented and read the following lines which he 
I Hartley Coleridge] had written, . . . Aunt Charles being 
the iiwipirant. Caroline Fox, Journal, p. 8. 
inspiration (in-spi-ra'shou), n. [< ME. inspi- 
racioun, < OF. (also P.) inspiration = Pr. inspt- 
ratio = Sp. imtpiracion = Pg. inspirac&o = It. 
ispirazione, inspvriizione,<. LL. iiispirano(n-), in- 
spiration, < L. inspirare, inspire : see inspire.] 
1 . The act of inspiring or breathing in ; a draw- 
ing into the lungs, as of air; inhalation; the 
tiist movement in the act of respiration, fol- 
lowed by expiration. 2. A breathing or in- 
fusion into thr mind or soul; an awakening or 
r nation of thought, purpose, or any mental 
condition, by some specific external influence; 
intellectual exaltation ; an inexplicable cogni- 
tion, as the knowledge of an axiom, according 
to a priori philosophers. 
Thei hopen that thorghe itupiracioun of God and of 
him the! schulle have the tetter ("onsellle. 
IHandeeille, Travels, p. 16. 
The inspiration of the Almighty giveth them ninler- 
standlng. <>>> "*" 
3121 
Childhood, that weeps at the story of suffering, that shud- 
ders at the picture of wrong, brings down 1U insmratvm 
"from God, who is our home." 0. W. Holmct, Essays, p. 82. 
3. In tlieol., an influence directly and immedi- 
ately exerted by the Spirit of Gou upon the soul 
of man: in Christian theology, used especially 
with reference to the Old and New Testaments, 
regarded as written under the direct influcnr, 
of God exercised upon the thoughts and feelings 
of the writers. This doctrine of the inspiration of the 
Scriptures has been maintained In various forms, and with 
various definitions of the nature and extent of the divine 
influence, the principal being the following : (o) verbal in- 
spiration the immediate communication or dictation to 
the writers of every word written ; (d) plenary insvira- 
tion. Inspiration which is full, complete, entire : Involving 
the doctrine that the Bible was inspired in all Its part! and 
the writers in all their faculties, so that every statement 
of the Inspired writers, whether moral and religious, or 
only chronological or scientific, Is to be accepted as true 
and authoritative ; (c) moral iiwpiration, inspiration only 
for a definite purpose, namely, the moral and spiritual re- 
demption and development of the race, so that the Bible 
is to be accepted as authoritative only in matters of re- 
ligious faith and practice; (d) dynamical inspiration, in- 
spiration regarded as acting upon and through the natural 
faculties: in contrast to () mechanical iiwijiration. Inspi- 
ration regarded as an influence which merely uses human 
organs as an instrument for expression. Thus, dynamical 
inspiration to nearly equivalent to moral Inspiration, the 
one word indicating, however, rather the method employ- 
ed, the other the themes to which inspiration Is supposed 
to be limited; while mechanical inspiration is nearly 
synonymous with verbal Inspiration. 
All scripture is gl ven by inspiration of God, and is profit- 
able for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for Instruc- 
tion in righteousness. [Ill Wyclif, " Al scripture of God 
ynuplred is profitable, etc.; in the revised version, 
"Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable, etc.) 
2 Tim. 111. 16. 
Inspiration then, according to Its manifestation in Scrip- 
ture, Is Dynamical and not Mechanical: the human pow- 
er! of the divine messenger act according to their natural 
laws, even when these powers are supernaturally strength- 
ened. Man Is not converted into a mere machine, even in 
the hand of God. 
Wettcott, Introd. to Study of Gospel!, Int, p. 14. 
4. The state or condition of being inspired ; de- 
termination or purpose excited by a specific ex- 
ternal influence ; communicated bent of mind. 
The knight* . . . 
On Emily with equal ardour look, 
And from her eyes their itvpiratton took. 
Dryden, Pal. and Arc., ii. 433. 
5. That which is impressed by an inspiring in- 
fluence ; a thought or an emotion borne in upon 
one by an occult prompting or impulse. 
Holy men at their death have good innpiratiana. 
The age which we now live in is not an age of inspira- 
tion! and impulses. Abp. Sharp, Works, IV. Iv. 
It i ever an inipiratian, God only knows whence ; a 
sudden, undated perception of eternal right coming Into 
and correcting things that were wrong ; a perception that 
nnsscs through thousands as readily as through one. 
Emerton, Misc., p. 408. 
inspirational (in-spi-ra'shon-al), o. [< inspi- 
ration + -al.] Of or pertaining to inspiration ; 
partaking of inspiration. 
In their initpirational states they (the sacred writers] 
were sometimes dynamical, sometimes mechanic^ 
inspirationist (in-spi-ra'shon-ist), n. [< inspi- 
ration + -ist.] One who believes in the inspi- 
ration of the Scriptures, or in direct supernatu- 
ral prompting of any kind. 
inspirator (in'spi-ra-tor), n. [= P. inspirateur 
= Sp. Pg. inspirador = It. i.tpiratore, inspira- 
tore, < LL. inspirator, inspirer. < L. inspirare, 
breathe in, inspire: see inspire.] In a steam-en- 
gine, a double injector, or two combined injec- 
tors cooperating, the one raising the water from 
the pump-chambers or reservoirs and deliver- 
ing it to the other, which forces it into the boil- 
er. Instead of delivering the water to the boiler, the sec- 
ond Injector might throw the water outboard, in which 
mode of operation it would be an ejector, and it is some- 
times so called. See injector. 
inspiratory (in-spir'a-to-ri or in'spi-ra-to-ri), 
a. [< inspire + -atari/.'] ' Pertaining to inspira- 
tion or inhalation. 
inspire (in-spir'). r. ; pret. and pp. inspired, ppr. 
inspiring. [< ME. inspiren, ynspyreii-enspiren, 
< OP. inspirer, espirer, P. inspirer = Pr. Sp. Pg. 
inspirar = It. inspirare, ispirare, < L. inspirare, 
blow or breathe into or upon, animate, excite, 
inflame, < in, in, + sjnrare, breathe : see spirit. 
Cf. aspire, conspire, exirire, etc.] I. trans. 1. 
To breathe in ; draw into the lungs ; inhale : as, 
to inspire pure air: opposed to expire. 
By means of sulphurous ooal smoaks the lungs are sti- 
fled and oppressed, whereby they are forced to intpirr and 
expire the air with difficulty. Barrey. 
It seems as if the intellect resembled that law of nature 
by which we now intpire, now expire the breath. 
Emtnon, Intellect. 
in-square 
2. To breathe into ; infuse by or as if by breath- 
ing. 
Her harty worde* o deepe into the mynd 
Kf the yong IJamrell sunke, that great dealre 
Of warlike annes in her forthwith they tynd, 
And generous stout courage did inmn. 
Spetuer, t. Q., III. III. 57. 
Still he breatheth and intpirelh light Into the face ofhU 
chosen. Bacon, Truth (ed. US}). 
The buildings have an aspect lugubrious, 
That inipira a feeling of awe and terror 
Into the heart of the beholder. 
Longfellow, Golden Legend, vl. 
H ence 3. To actuate or influence ; animate ; 
affect, rouse, or control by an infused, animat- 
ing, or exalting influence. 
Zephirus eek with his swete breethe 
Kntpirtd hath in every holte and heethe 
The tendre croppes. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. toC. T., I. 7. 
What leal, what fury, hath ttuptVd thee now 7 
Slialt., L. L. L., Iv. S, 428. 
Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing; 
The breathing Instrument* intpire. 
Pope, 8t CeclluVt Day, I. 2. 
The expression, the sentiment, the thought, the soul, 
which innpireti the work. 
Sumner, Speech, Cambridge, Aug. 27, 1840. 
Specifically 4. To guide or control by divine 
influence; instruct or infuse with spiritual or 
divine knowledge. 
A prophet then, inipir'd by heav'n, arose, 
And oolnts the crime, and thence derives the woes. 
Pope, Iliad, L 498. 
Any one Is inspired, as we now speak. Just as far as he 
is raised internally, in thought, feeling, perception, or ac- 
tion, by a IMvine movement within. 
liuihnrll. Sermons for New Life, p. 30. 
n. intrans. 1. To inhale air; draw air into 
the lungs : opposed to expire. 
IS the intpiring and expiring organ of any animal be 
stopped, it suddenly yields to nature. 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 25. 
2t. To blow; blow in. 
Her yellow lockes, crisped like golden wyre, 
About her shoulders weren loosely shed, 
And, when the winde emongst them did inspyre, 
They waved like a penon wyde dlspred. 
Speiuer, If. I)., II. iii. 30. 
inspired (in-splrd'), !> a. 1. That is or has 
been inhaled ; taken into the lungS : as, inspired 
air. 2. Actuated, guided, or controlled by di- 
vine influence; informed, instructed, or direct- 
ed by the Holy Spirit : as, an intsjrired teacher. 
3. Produced under the direction or influence 
of inspiration : as, the inspired writings (that 
is, the Scriptures). 
inspirer (in-spir'er), n. One who or that which 
inspires. 
Intpirer and hearer of prayer, 
Thou Shepherd and Guardian of thine. 
Toplady, Hymn. 
inspiring! (in-spir'ing), . [Verbal n. of I'B- 
synre.] Inspiration. 
Attributed to a secret Instinct and iiupiring . . . touch- 
ing the happlnesse thereby to ensue in time to come. 
Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII., p. 207. 
inspiringly (in-spir'ing-li), adv. In an inspir- 
ing manner; in such a way as to inspire, as 
with courage, hope, etc. 
inspirit (in-spir'it), v. t. (< 'n-2 + spirit. Cf. 
inspire.'] To infuse or excite spirit within ; en- 
liven; animate; give new life to; encourage; 
invigorate. 
But a discreet use of proper and becoming ceremonies 
intviritt the sluggish, and inflames even the devout 
worshipper. Bp. Atteroury, Sermons, L xlil. 
The life and literature of a people may be inspirited. 
stimulated modified, but not habitually sustained and 
nourished, by exotic food or the dried fruits of remote 
ages. O. P. Marsh, HUt. Eng. Lang., L 
=8yn. To Inspire, rouse, cheer, stimulate, fire, 
inspissate (in-spis'at), r. t. ; pret, and pp. tn- 
spissated, ppr. inspissating. [<LL. inxpissatvs, 
pp. of 'inspissare, thicken/ L. in, in, + spissare, 
thicken : see spissate.] To thicken, as a fluid, 
by evaporation; bring to greater consistence 
by evaporation. 
Wine sugred inebriatcth less than wine pure the cauie 
is, for that the sugar doth inspissate the spirits of the 
wine and maketh them not 10 easle to resolve Into va- 
pour.' Bacon, Nat Hist., { 726. 
inspissate (in-spis'at), a. [< LL. inspissates, 
thickened: see the verb.] Thick; inspissated, 
inspissation (in-spi-sa'shon), n. [(.inspissate 
+ -ion.] The act of inspissating, or the state 
of being inspissated ; increased consistence, as 
of a fluid substance. 
What more opposite to suht filiation and rarefaction 
than iiupimatioH and condensation? 
Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 881. 
in-square (in'skwSr), n. [_<in( scribed) + square.! 
An inscribed square. 
