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| afflatus |
creative impulse; inspiration. |
| brainstorm |
a sudden inspiration or bright idea. [1/6 definitions] |
| brain wave |
(informal) a sudden idea, inspiration, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| guru |
one who is looked up to as a source of knowledge and inspiration; mentor. [1/4 definitions] |
| inspirational |
of, concerning, causing, or caused by inspiration. |
| invocation |
the act or process of invoking, esp. of calling out to a god, muse, or the like, for help, support, or inspiration. [2/4 definitions] |
| invoke |
to call out to (a god, muse, or the like) for help, support, protection, or inspiration. [1/4 definitions] |
| legend |
a person whose extraordinary accomplishments or unique personality makes him or her remarkable and an inspiration for popular stories. [1/4 definitions] |
| manufacture |
to create or produce by, or as if by, machine, without creativity or inspiration. [1/7 definitions] |
| motivate |
to cause to move or act by giving incentive or inspiration. |
| motivation |
something that motivates; inducement; inspiration. [1/3 definitions] |
| motivator |
a person or thing that causes one to move or act by giving incentive or inspiration. |
| Muse |
(l.c.) the source of creative inspiration, esp. for a poet. [1/2 definitions] |
| oracular |
making utterances and decisions as if by divine authority or inspiration. [1/3 definitions] |
| pass the torch |
to pass leadership, inspiration, or a guiding principle to one's successors. |
| Pentecostal |
of, pertaining to, or designating any of the usu. fundamentalist Christian sects that stress the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and seek to emulate the twelve Apostles at Pentecost. [1/2 definitions] |
| poetic |
capable of being the inspiration for poetry. [1/4 definitions] |
| prime |
to make ready by supplying with words, information, or inspiration. [1/17 definitions] |
| prophesy |
to foretell or reveal, esp. under divine inspiration. [1/5 definitions] |
| prophet |
one who predicts the future, esp. one considered to be speaking under divine inspiration and revealing divine will. [2/5 definitions] |
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