SUSPIRE

v. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. Shak. Fireflies that suspire In short, soft lapses of transported flame. Mrs. Browning.

2.
n.

A long, deep breath; a sigh. [Obs.]


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