RESPIRE

breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire

(verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; “I can breathe better when the air is clean”; “The patient is respiring”

respire

(verb) undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide

respire

(verb) breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

respire (third-person singular simple present respires, present participle respiring, simple past and past participle respired)

(intransitive) To breathe in and out; to engage in the process of respiration.

(intransitive) To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.

(transitive) To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe.

Synonyms

• (to breathe in and out): see breathe

Noun

respire

(obsolete) Rest, respite.

Anagrams

• perries, reprise

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*spire" (r*spr), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Respired (-sprd"); p. pr. & vvb. n. Respiring.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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", 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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