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  • 51inspiration — Synonyms and related words: Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Aqua Lung, Bragi, Calliope, Castilian Spring, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Geist, Helicon, Hippocrene, Melpomene, Muse, Parnassus, Pierian Spring, Pierides, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, a priori… …

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  • 52moving spirit — Synonyms and related words: abettor, actuator, afflatus, animating spirit, animation, animator, animus, cajoler, coax, coaxer, divine afflatus, encourager, energizer, enlivenment, exhilaration, fire, firer, firing, gadfly, galvanizer, genius,… …

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  • 53soul — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, Geist, Muse, afflatus, an existence, anima, anima humana, animating force, animus, ardency, ardor, article, astral body, atman, axiom, ba, bathmism, beating heart, being, biological clock, biorhythm, blood,… …

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  • 54spirit — Synonyms and related words: Geist, Masan, Muse, abandon, abduce, abduct, activity, adventuresomeness, adventurousness, affective meaning, afflatus, aggression, aggressiveness, aim, air, airy nothing, alacrity, alcohol, ambitiousness, anima, anima …

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  • 55talent — Synonyms and related words: Geist, Muse, ability, ableness, acuity, acuteness, adequacy, adroitness, afflatus, aptitude, aptness, art, artistic skill, artistry, arty craftiness, bent, braininess, brightness, brilliance, bump, caliber, capability …

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  • 56inspiration — n. 1. Inhalation, breathing in. 2. Afflatus, supernatural influence. 3. Divine influence or afflatus, theopneusty. 4. Inspired state or character, divine authority or authorization. 5. Elevation, inspiriting, elevating influence. 6. Exaltation,… …

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  • 57af|fla|tus — «uh FLAY tuhs», noun. an overmastering impulse or compelling force; inspiration, especially divine inspiration: »There is a strong evangelical excitement…, an afflatus of that mood of direct revelation in reformed Christianity the same mood that… …

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  • 58Afflation — Af*fla tion, n. [L. afflatus, p. p. of afflare to blow or breathe on; ad + flare to blow.] A blowing or breathing on; inspiration. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 59Divination — Div i*na tion, n. [L. divinatio, fr. divinare, divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. divination. See {Divine}.] 1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by …

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  • 60Cut-up technique — For the decorative art, see decoupage. The cut up technique is an aleatory literary technique in which a text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text. Most commonly, cut ups are used to offer a non linear alternative to traditional reading… …

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