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respire

 

  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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