intransitive verb
-·pired′, -·pir′ingRare to take a long, deep breath; esp., to sigh
Origin of suspire
Middle English suspiren from Classical Latin suspirare, to breathe out from sub-, sub- + spirare: see spiritsuspire
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suspire
intransitive verb
sus·pired, sus·pir·ing, sus·pires- To breathe: “And from that one intake of fire / All creatures still warmly suspire” ( Robert Frost )
- To sigh.
Origin of suspire
Middle English suspiren to sigh from Old French from Latin suspīrāre sub- from below ; see sub- . spīrāre to breatheRelated Forms:
- sus′pi·ra′tion
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present suspires, present participle suspiring, simple past and past participle suspired)
Noun
(plural suspires)
- (obsolete) A long, deep breath; a sigh.
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Origin
Old French suspirer (Modern soupirer), from Latin.
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