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noun, stimulation or arousal of the mind, feelings, etc, to special or unusual activity or creativity
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- 1) noun, stimulation or arousal of the mind, feelings, etc, to special or unusual activity or creativity
- 2) noun, the state or quality of being so stimulated or aroused
- 3) noun, someone or something that causes this state
- 4) noun, an idea or action resulting from such a state
- 5) noun, the act or process of inhaling; breathing in
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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talent, motivation, imagination, model, ingenuity, insight, genius, productivity, fertility, stimulate, originality, inventive, clever, fecundity, imaginative, example, influence, boost, spur, incentive, revelation, encourage, stimulus, catalyst, inducement, incite, instigate, afflatus, muse
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