Meaning of RESPIRE
| Pronunciation: | | ri'spI¾r
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- [v] draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
- [v] undergo the biomedial and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbonmonoxide
- [v] breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
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| | Synonyms: | | breathe, suspire, take a breath |
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| | See Also: | | breathe in, breathe out, choke, exhale, experience, expire, get, have, hiccough, hiccup, hyperventilate, inhale, inspire, receive, saw logs, saw wood, sigh, snore, undergo, wheeze, yawn | |
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\Re*spire"\ (r?*sp?r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Respired}
(-sp?rd"); p. pr. & vvb. n. {Respiring}.] [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.) 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.
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