respire
verb (used without object)
to inhale and exhale air for the purpose of maintaining life; breathe.
respired
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past participleof respire.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof respire.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
respireverb (used without object)to inhale and exhale air for the purpose of maintaining life; breathe.
Example Sentences
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"These associations may help explain why some organic molecules remain protected in soils while others are more vulnerable to being broken down and respired by microbes."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2026
As oxygen from the environment combines with the sugars in patats, it gets respired from the roots as carbon dioxide and water.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2021
Being short-necked and asthmatic, however, he respired principally through this feature; so, perhaps, what it wanted in ornament, it made up in usefulness.”
From The Law and Lawyers of Pickwick A Lecture by Sir Frank Lockwood
I also ascertained that respired air will not support combustion.
From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Ira Mayhew
She paused a moment, and gasped for her own breath, while eagerly watching if he respired.
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by Jane West
