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Respire

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Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
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re=spire

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Respire has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Respirev. i. [L. respirare, respiratum; pref. re- re- + spirare to breathe: cf. F. respirer. See Spirit.].
  •  To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
    "Here leave me to respire."  [1913 Webster]
    "From the mountains where I now respire."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.  [1913 Webster]
Respirev. t. 
  •  To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.  [1913 Webster]
    "A native of the land where I respire
    The clear air for a while.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To breathe out; to exhale.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Respire, v.
1 intr. breathe air.
2 intr. inhale and exhale air.
3 intr. (of a plant) carry out respiration.
4 tr. breathe (air etc.).
5 intr. breathe again; take a breath.
6 intr. get rest or respite; recover hope or spirit.

Derivative
respiratory adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF respirer or f. L respirare (as RE-, spirare breathe)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Respire

Refreshment

VB brace, reinvigorate, air, freshen up, refresh, recruit, repair, fan, refocillate, refresh the inner man, breathe, respire, drink in the ozone, take a break, take a breather, take five, draw breath, take a deep breath, take breath, gather breath, take a long breath, regain breath, recover breath, get better, raise one's head, recover one's strength, regain one's strength, renew one's strength, perk up, get one's second wind, come to oneself, feel refreshed, feel like a giant refreshed.

Wind

VB blow, waft, blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane, wuther, stream, issue, respire, breathe, puff, whiff, whiffle, gasp, wheeze, snuff, snuffle, sniff, sniffle, sneeze, cough, fan, ventilate, inflate, perflate, blow up.

Life

VB be alive, live, breathe, respire, subsist, walk the earth, strut and fret one's hour upon the stage, be spared, see the light, be born, come into the world, fetch breath, draw breath, fetch the breath of life, draw the breath of life, quicken, revive, come to life, give birth to, bring to life, put into life, vitalize, vivify, vivificate, reanimate, keep alive, keep body and soul together, keep the wolf from the door, support life, hive nine lives like a cat.

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