respire
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See also: respiré
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English respiren, borrowed from Old French respirer, from Latin respīrō, respīrāre, from re- + spīrō.
Verb[edit]
respire (third-person singular simple present respires, present participle respiring, simple past and past participle respired)
- (intransitive) To breathe in and out; to engage in the process of respiration.
- 1964, H. Webb and M. A. Grigg, Modern Science Book 3, 155
- All living things respire or breathe. To many of this means that they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.
- 1964, H. Webb and M. A. Grigg, Modern Science Book 3, 155
- (intransitive) To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 10-11:
- The breath of heav'n fresh-blowing, pure and sweet, / With day-spring born; here leave me to respire.
- 1888, Edmund Shaftesbury, Lessons in Artistic Deep Breathing for Strengthening the Voice, 23:
- Second Day.—Hold the breath five seconds. Respire, and hold the breath ten seconds. Respire, and hold the breath fifteen seconds.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 10-11:
- (transitive) To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe.
- 1799, M. Lesser, Insecto-Theology, 327:
- It is my opinion, that these animals, while they continue in the state of larvae, respire water and not air; and that they inspire the water, not by the mask, but by their posterior part, through which also they discharge it.
- 1799, M. Lesser, Insecto-Theology, 327:
Synonyms[edit]
- (to breathe in and out): see Thesaurus:breathe
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
respire
- (obsolete) Rest, respite.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:
- He cast to suffer him no more respire, / But gan his sturdie sterne about to weld, / And him so strongly stroke, that to the ground him feld.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xi:
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Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
respire
French[edit]
Verb[edit]
respire
- inflection of respirer:
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
respire
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of respirar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of respirar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of respirar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of respirar
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
respire
- third-person singular present subjunctive of respira
- third-person plural present subjunctive of respira
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
respire
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of respirar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of respirar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of respirar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of respirar.
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