Suspire

Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

sus=pire

WORDNET DICTIONARY

suspire(v = verb.body) sigh - heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly"

is one way to breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath

Derived form noun suspiration₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

suspire(v = verb.body) breathe, respire, take a breath - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

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." [1913 Webster]

Suspire, n. [Cf. L. suspirium.].

A long, deep breath; a sigh. [1913 Webster]