ASPIRE

Etymology

Verb

aspire (third-person singular simple present aspires, present participle aspiring, simple past and past participle aspired)

(intransitive) To hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle).

(transitive, obsolete) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.

To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

Anagrams

• Arispe, Parise, Pearis, Persia, paires, paries, praise, spirea

Source: Wiktionary


As*pire", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aspired; p. pr. & vb. n. Aspiring.] Etym: [F. aspirer, L. aspirare. See Aspirate, v. t.]

1. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. Pope.

2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar. My own breath still foments the fire, Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. Waller.

As*pire", v. t.

Definition: To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to. [Obs.] That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Shak.

As*pire", n.

Definition: Aspiration. [Obs.] Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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