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Webster 1913 Edition
Afflatus
1.
A breath or blast of wind.
2.
A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.
A poet writing against his genius will be like a prophet without his
afflatus
. Spence.
Webster 1828 Edition
Afflatus
AFFLA'TUS
,Noun.
1.
A breath or blast of wind.2.
Inspiration; communication of divine knowledge, or the power of prophesy.