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    Afflatus

    n. [L., fr. afflare. See Afflation.] 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.”

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