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as⋅pire

[uh-spahyuhr]
–verb (used without object), -pired, -pir⋅ing.
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.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME (< MF aspirer) < L aspīrāre to breathe upon, pant after, equiv. to a- a- 5 + spīrāre to breathe, blow


as⋅pir⋅er, noun
as⋅pir⋅ing⋅ly, adverb


1. yearn.
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