inbreathe

American  

[in-breeth, in-breeth] / ˈɪnˌbrið, ɪnˈbrið /

verb (used with object)

inbreathed, inbreathing

1. to breathe in; inhale.

2. to inspire; infuse with.

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inbreathe British  

/ ɪnˈbriːð /

verb

1. rare (tr) to infuse or imbue

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Etymology

Origin of inbreathe

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at in- ¹, breathe

Example Sentences

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inbreathed inbreathing

The grove of pillars through which the pageant passed grew from the living rock into shapes of beauty, fulfilling by the inbreathed spirit of man Nature's blind yearning after absolute completion.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington

And the divine Procedure inbreathed upon the disclosure, and the disclosure became the universe.”

From Modern Spiritualism by Smith, Uriah

But how faintly it was inbreathed, how passionlessly, as if the seraphim themselves were breathing upon him!

From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James

In spite of its symbolism, what he wrought was never mechanically figurative, but gifted with the independence of its own beauty, vital with an inbreathed spirit of life.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

The character of the gospels and the letters must have been due to something that Jesus said or that the Holy Spirit inbreathed.

From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Kleiser, Grenville

The Scriptures are the result of divine inbreathing, just as human speech is uttered by the breathing through a man's mouth.

From The Great Doctrines of the Bible by Evans, William

Our only safe inbreathing physically, mentally, and spiritually is from the upper source of things——not in the tainted atmospheres of the crowds.

From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Comfort, Will Levington

I sat in meditation two days and two nights, abstracting my mind; inbreathing and outbreathing in the required manner ...

From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard

The Scriptures came by the inbreathing of God, 2 Tim.

From The Great Doctrines of the Bible by Evans, William

Holiness is not something we do or attain: it is the communication of the Divine life, the inbreathing of the Divine nature, the power of the Divine Presence resting on us.

From Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy by Murray, Andrew