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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb suspire has 2 senses
- 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
- 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:
Derived form noun suspiration1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
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]
In short, soft lapses of transported flame." [1913 Webster]
suspire, n. [Cf. L. suspirium.].
A long, deep breath; a sigh. [1913 Webster]
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