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).
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At first glance Mr. Queed looked as if he might have been born in a library, where he had unaspiringly settled down.
From Queed by Raymond Moreau Crosby