respire

1. v. i. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe. Source: opted

4. v. t. To breathe out; to exhale. Source: opted

5. v. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety Source: wordnet

6. v. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide Source: wordnet

7. v. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

9. To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it fromthem, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality ofthe blood. Source: adambom

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 Source: ecdict

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