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15 words match “ASPIRE”

ASPIRE v. 4 definitions
ing high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. Pope.
ASPIREMENT n.
Aspiration. [Obs.]
ASPIRER n.
One who aspires.
AFFECT v.
To aim at; to aspire; to covet. [Obs.] This proud man affects imperial Dryden.
ASPIRANT n.
One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment. In consequence of the resignations . . . the way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants. Macaulay.
ASPIRING a.
That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. -- As*pir"ing*ly, adv. -- As*pir"ing*ness, n.
ASSIMILATION n.
also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another. To aspire to an assimilation with God. Dr. H. More. The assimilation of gases and vapors. Sir J. Herschel.
COMMENSURATE a.
oportionate. Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a hapiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson.
GALLANT a.
us; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer. That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Shak. The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave. Waller.
GLAUM v.
To grope with the hands, as in the dark. [Scot.] To glaum at, to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to. Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three. Burns.
INCARNATE v.
human from or nature. This essence to incarnate and imbrute, That to the height of deity aspired. Milton.
LEXICOGRAPHER n.
The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary. Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach; and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. Johnson.
MAKE v.
l, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story. And Art, with her contending, doth aspire To excel the natural with made delights. Spenser.
TOP n.
The chief person; the most prominent one. Other . . . aspired to be the top of zealots. Milton.
WHO pron.
] should not tell whose children they were. Chaucer. There thou tell'st of kings, and who aspire; Who fall, who rise, who triumph, who do moan. Daniel. Adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss into madness. Shak. Whom I could pity thus forlorn. Milton. How hard is our fate, who serve in the state. Addison. Who cheapens l…