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as⋅pire

  [uh-spahyuhr]
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–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

Related forms:
as⋅pir⋅er, noun
as⋅pir⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. yearn.
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as·pire   (ə-spīr')   
intr.v.   as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires
  1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom.
  2. To strive toward an end: aspiring to great knowledge.
  3. To soar.

[Middle English aspiren, from aspirer, from Latin aspīrāre, to desire; see aspirate.]
as·pir'er n., as·pir'ing·ly adv.
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Aspiring

As*pir"ing\, a. That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. -- As*pir"ing*ly, adv. -- As*pir"ing*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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