[uh-spahyuh
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| 1. | to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, esp. for something great or of high value (usually fol. by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor. |
| 2. | Archaic. to rise up; soar; mount; tower. |
| as·pire (ə-spīr') intr.v. as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires
[Middle English aspiren, from aspirer, from Latin aspīrāre, to desire; see aspirate.] as·pir'er n., as·pir'ing·ly adv. |