respire
verb (used without object)
to inhale and exhale air for the purpose of maintaining life; breathe.
is respiring
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present progressiveof respire (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It increases when the plant is respiring in darkness.
From Time Magazine Archive
"We could say the animal is respiring air which is charged with anaesthetic in sufficient quantity to keep it anaesthetized before we gave it curare."
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Albert Leffingwell
