suspire
Americanverb (used without object)
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to sigh.
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to breathe.
verb (used with object)
verb
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to sigh or utter with a sigh; yearn
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(intr) to breathe; respire
Other Word Forms
- suspiration noun
Etymology
Origin of suspire
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin suspīrāre, equivalent to su- su- + spīrāre to breathe
Example Sentences
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We only live, only suspire Consumed by either fire or fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Zadkiel or no Zadkiel, I will suspire, and risk it, "O that I were lying under the olives!"
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Marlow's tale was a powerful one: I could hear Mrs. Marlow suspire faintly, ever so faintly—the troubled, small, soft sigh of a brave woman indefinably stricken.
From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Morley, Christopher
Each of the principals, seconded by his particular waiter, after carefully taking his opponent's range and bearings, will suspire and hit him in the eye.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 by Various
By his gates of breath There lies a downy feather which stirs not: Did he suspire, that light and weightless down Perforce must move.
From King Henry IV, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William
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