respire

See also: respiré

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French respirer, from Latin respīrō, respīrāre, from re- + spīrō.

Verb

respire (third-person singular simple present respires, present participle respiring, simple past and past participle respired)

1. (intransitive) To breathe in and out; to engage in the process of respiration.
2. (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.

3. (transitive) To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe.

Synonyms

• (to breathe in and out): see Thesaurus:breathe

Related terms

• respiration

Noun

respire

1. (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.

Anagrams

• perries, reprise

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Asturian

Verb

respire

1. first- and third-person singular present subjunctive of respirar

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French

Verb

respire

1. inflection of respirer:
   1. first- and third-person singular present indicative and subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• pierres, prières, reprise, reprisé

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Portuguese

Verb

respire

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of respirar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of respirar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of respirar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of respirar

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Spanish

Verb

respire

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of respirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of respirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of respirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of respirar.