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sus⋅pi⋅ra⋅tion

  [suhs-puh-rey-shuhn]
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–noun
a long, deep sigh.
Origin:
1475–85; < L suspīrātiōn- (s. of suspīrātiō), equiv. to suspīrāt(us) (ptp. of suspīrāre to suspire ) + -iōn- -ion
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sus·pire   (sə-spīr')   
intr.v.   sus·pired, sus·pir·ing, sus·pires

  1. To breathe: "And from that one intake of fire/All creatures still warmly suspire" (Robert Frost).

  2. To sigh.


[Middle English suspiren, to sigh, from Old French, from Latin suspīrāre : sub-, from below; see sub- + spīrāre, to breathe.]
sus'pi·ra'tion (sŭs'pə-rā'shən) n.
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