3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respire \Re*spire"\, v. t.
1. To breathe in and out to inspire and expire,, as air; to
breathe.
A native of the land where I respire The clear air
for a while --Byron.
2. To breathe out to exhale. [R.] --B. Jonson
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respire \Re*spire"\ (r?*sp?r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Respired}
(-sp?rd"); p. pr & vvb. n. {Respiring}.] [L. respirare
respiratum pref. re- re- + spirare to breathe: cf F.
respirer. See {Spirit}.]
1. To take breath again hence to take rest or refreshment.
--Spenser.
Here leave me to respire. --Milton.
From the mountains where I now respire. --Byron.
2. (Physiol.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and
exhale it from them successively, for the purpose of
maintaining the vitality of the blood.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
respire
v : draw air into and expel out of the lungs; "I can breathe
better when the air is clean" [syn: {breathe}, {take a
breath}]
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