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Webster 1913 Edition
Respire
Re-spire′
(r?-sp?r)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Respired
(-sp?rd′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Respiring
.] 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.
Re-spire′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.
A native of the land where I
The clear air for a while.
respire
The clear air for a while.
Byron.
2.
To breathe out; to exhale.
[R.]
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Respire
RESPI'RE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs and exhale it, for the purpose of maintaining animal life.2.
To catch breath.3.
To rest; to take rest from toil.RESPI'RE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2025
respire
respire
See also: respiré
English
Verb
respire (third-person singular simple present respires, present participle respiring, simple past and past participle respired)
- (intransitive) To breathe in and out.
- (intransitive) To engage in the process of respiration.
- (intransitive) To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 10-11:
- The breath of heav'n fresh-blowing, pure and sweet, / With day-spring born; here leave me to respire.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 10-11:
- (transitive) To inhale and exhale; to breathe.
Synonyms
- (to breathe in and out): see Wikisaurus:breathe
Related terms
Noun
respire (plural respires)
- (obsolete) Rest, respite.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:
- He cast to suffer him no more respire, / But gan his sturdie sterne about to weld, / And him so strongly stroke, that to the ground him feld.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
respire
- first-person singular present subjunctive of respirar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of respirar
French
Verb
respire
- first-person singular present indicative of respirer
- third-person singular present indicative of respirer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of respirer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of respirer
- second-person singular imperative of respirer
Anagrams
Portuguese
Verb
respire
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of respirar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of respirar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of respirar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of respirar
Spanish
Verb
respire
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of respirar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of respirar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of respirar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of respirar.