What does suspire mean?
Definitions for suspire
səˈspaɪərsus·pire
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Princeton's WordNet
sigh, suspireverb
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
"She sighed sadly"
breathe, take a breath, respire, suspireverb
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
"I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
Wiktionary
suspireverb
To breathe.
suspireverb
To exhale.
suspireverb
To sigh.
Etymology: suspirer (Modern soupirer), from.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Suspireverb
Etymology: suspiro, Latin.
Since the birth of Cain, the first male child,
To him that did but yesterday suspire,
There was not such a gracious creature born. William Shakespeare.
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suspire
To suspire is to breathe or to sigh, often deeply or heavily. It can also be used in a more poetic or literary sense to denote expressing a certain feeling or emotion through a sigh.
Webster Dictionary
Suspireverb
to fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe
Suspirenoun
a long, deep breath; a sigh
Etymology: [L. suspirare to breathe out, to sigh; sub under + spirare to breathe: cf. F. souspirer, OF. souspirer.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Suspire
sus-pīr′, v.i. to fetch a deep breath, to sigh, to breathe.—n. Suspirā′tion, act of sighing.—adj. Suspir′ious, sighing. [L. suspīrāre—sub, under, spirāre, to breathe.]
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rises up
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of suspire in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of suspire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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