To try to ascertain a person's point of view, or the nature of a situation, by cautious and subtle means.
To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
To spread rumour indirectly.