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RESPIRED
Verb
respired
simple past tense and past participle of respire
Anagrams
• presider, reprised, respider
Source: Wiktionary
RESPIRE
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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