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Thesaurus: aspire

To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.

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  1. v. t. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.
  2. v. t. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
  3. v. t. To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
  4. n. Aspiration.
  5. v. have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
  6. v:100 v have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal