Found 3 hits - Term: suspire, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
suspire \suspire"\, v. i. l. suspirare to breathe out, to
sigh; sub under + spirare to breathe: cf. f. souspirer, of.
souspirer.
to fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. --shak.
1913 webster
fireflies that suspire
in short, soft lapses of transported flame. --mrs.
browning.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
suspire \suspire"\, n. cf. l. suspirium.
a long, deep breath; a sigh. obs.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
suspire
v 1: heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "she
sighed sadly" syn: sigh
2: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "i can breathe
better when the air is clean"; "the patient is respiring"
syn: breathe, take a breath, respire
see also:
sigh breathe take a breath respire
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