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Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers.

Instinct; incitement; inspiration. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

en the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.

Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable air.

The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies.

it the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word. Limiting parallels (Astron.), those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur.

An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration. Put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me. Shak.

lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.

An organ for aërial respiration; -- commonly in the plural. My lungs began to crow like chanticleer. Shak.

nd pons, and from it a large part of the cranial nerves arise. It controls very largely respiration, circulation, swallowing, and other functions, and is the most vital part of the brain; -- called also bulb of the spinal cord. See Brain.

Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing.

The olfactory organ of some Mollusca. It is connected with the organ of respiration.

his account he is, in modern times, associated with the Muses, and with ideas of poetic inspiration. Each spurs his jaded Pegasus apace. Byron.

Emitting perspiration; perspiring. [R.] Bacon.

Performing the act of perspiration; perspiratory.

Of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, the perspiratory ducts.

rson deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests. [Recent] M. Arnold.

An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration.

nch which more or less resembles a leaf, and performs the function of a leaf as regards respiration and assimilation.

emission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. -- Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration.