aspire
verb (used without object)
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive).
aspirer
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a word derived from
aspire.
Example Sentences
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But the aspiration was above the competency of the aspirer.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne C. Lynch Botta
Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!—didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
From Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Well, a new aspirer, I suppose, has succeeded, and he is the bone of contention.
From Jane Talbot by Charles Brockden Brown
In reading the life of Chatterton, he had not much noted the skepticism, assumed or real of the ill-fated aspirer to earthly immortality.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
In reading the life of Chatterton, he had not much noted the scepticism, assumed or real, of the ill-fated aspirer to earthly immortality.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
