AFFLATUS

AFFLA'TUS, noun [Latin]1. A breath or blast of wind.2. Inspiration; communication of divine knowledge, or the power of prophesy.

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Af‐fla″tus (�), n. [[L., fr. afflare. See Afflation.]] 1. 1. A breath or blast of wind.
2. 2. A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.
A poet writing against his genius will be like a prophet without his afflatus. Spence.