Influence creatively (7)

I believe the answer is:

inspire

(Other definitions for inspire that I've seen before include "Motivate" , "Stimulate to creativity or other worthwhile objective" , "Bring about; animate" , "Fill with creativity" , "Breath in; animate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and the Newsday.com.

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