Thesaurus: respire

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1. v. i. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
2. v. i. To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.
3. v. t. To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.
4. v. t. To breathe out; to exhale.
5. v. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
6. v. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
7. v. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
8. 1. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment. Spenser. Here leave me to respire. Milton. From the mountains where I now respire. Byron. 2. (Physiol.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood. 1. To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe. A native of the land where I respire The clear air for a while. Byron. 2. To breathe out; to exhale. [R.] B. Jonson.
9. To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it fromthem, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality ofthe blood.
10. v:100 v. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety v. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide