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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

suspiratio

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The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh.

Windy

suspiration

of forced breath.

Shakespeare

Noun.

[L. suspiratio, suspiro, to sigh; sub and spiro, to breathe.] The act of sighing or fetching along and deep breath; a sigh.

suspiration ‎(plural suspirations)

The act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained)
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 80:
  " […] and the assistance of the inward Intercostal Muscles in deep Suspirations, when we take more large gulps of Aire to cool our heart overcharged with Love or Sorrow"