Respire










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Respire \Re*spire"\, v. t.

1. To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to
breathe.
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A native of the land where I respire
The clear air for a while. --Byron.
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2. To breathe out; to exhale. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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Respire \Re*spire"\ (r?*sp?r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Respired
(-sp?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Respiring.] [L. respirare,
respiratum; pref. re- re- + spirare to breathe: cf. F.
respirer. See Spirit.]

1. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
--Spenser.
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Here leave me to respire. --Milton.
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From the mountains where I now respire. --Byron.
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2. (Physiol.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and
exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of
maintaining the vitality of the blood.
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respire
v 1: breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

2: undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration
by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide

3: 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, suspire]
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respire

aufatmen
respire

atmen; respirieren [med.]
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38 Moby Thesaurus words for "respire":
be alive, be animate, blow, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in,
breathe out, cough, draw breath, exhale, exhaust, exist, expel,
expire, fetch breath, gasp, gulp, hack, have life, hiccup, huff,
inhale, inspire, live, live and breathe, pant, puff, sigh, sneeze,
sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, subsist,
walk the earth, wheeze



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