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respiring |
1 definition found 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.
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