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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
INSPIRA'TION, n. [L. inspiro.]
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.
Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations. Shak. 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. | ||||||||