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respire

verb
/ɹɪˈspʌɪə/UK/ɹɪˈspaɪɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle English respiren, borrowed from Old French respirer or Latin respīrō (“to blow back, breathe out”), from re- (“back”) + spīrō (“to breathe, blow”).

  1. derived from respīrō
  2. derived from respirer
  3. inherited from respiren

Definitions

  1. To breathe in and out successively.

  2. To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide (as animals do), or vice versa (as plants…

    To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide (as animals do), or vice versa (as plants do).

    • All living things respire or breathe. To many of us this means that they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.

  3. To (inhale and) exhale

    To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe.

    • It is my opinion, that these animals, while they continue in the state of larvae, respire water and not air; and that they inspire the water, not by the mask, but by their posterior part, through which also they discharge it.
    • They were the last moments he might ever respire near her, who was then doubtless wrapt in peaceful sleep, whilst he wandered distracted without.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To recover hope, courage, or strength after a time of difficulty.

    2. Rest, respite.

      • He cast to suffer him no more respire, But gan his sturdie sterne about to weld, And him so strongly stroke, that to the ground him feld.

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Derived

nonrespiring, photorespire, respirable, respiratory, respiring, respiro-, respirocyte, respirometer, respirometry, unrespired

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA