'Suspire' definitions:
Definition of 'suspire'
(from WordNet)
verb
Heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly" [syn: sigh, suspire]
verb
Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" [syn: breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire]
Definition of 'Suspire'
From: GCIDE
- Suspire \Sus*pire"\, 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. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suspire'
From: GCIDE
- Suspire \Sus*pire"\, n. [Cf. L. suspirium.] A long, deep breath; a sigh. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]