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Respire   Listen
verb
Respire  v. t.  
1.
To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe. "A native of the land where I respire The clear air for a while."
2.
To breathe out; to exhale. (R.)





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"Respire" Quotes from Famous Books



... for the affectionate and loyal services of thirty years. To Albemarle he gave the keys of his closet and of his private drawers. 'You know,' he said, 'what to do with them.' By this time he could scarcely respire. 'Can this,' he said to the physicians, 'last long?' He was told that the end was approaching. He swallowed a cordial, and asked for Bentinck. Those were his last articulate words. Bentinck instantly came to the bedside, bent down, and placed his ear close to the ...
— Heads and Tales • Various
... grass respire A sweet that seems the breath of Peace, And liquid-voiced the thrushes choir, Oh, whence the sense of glad release? What is it life uplifts? Who entered, bearing gifts? What floods from heaven the being overpower When thrushes ...
— Ride to the Lady • Helen Gray Cone
... surrounds thee, but let thy intelligence also now be in harmony with the intelligence which embraces all things. For the intelligent power is no less diffused in all parts and pervades all things for him who is willing to draw it to him than the aerial power for him who is able to respire it. ...
— The Thoughts Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus • Marcus Aurelius
... space a while but to respire, And I my self shal fairly well out-wind; Keep this position true, unhurt, entire, That you no greater difficulty find In this new old opinion here defin'd Of infinite worlds, then one world doth imply. For if we do with steddy patience mind All is resolv'd int' one absurdity, ...
— Democritus Platonissans • Henry More


Words linked to "Respire" :   respiratory, choke, respiration, suspire, inhale, yawn, inspire, sigh, hiccough, breathe, snore


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