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Webster 1913 Edition


Suspire

Sus-pire′

,
Verb.
I.
[L.
suspirare
to breathe out, to sigh;
sub
under +
spirare
to breathe: cf. F.
souspirer
, OF.
souspirer
.]
To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.
Shak.
Fireflies that
suspire

In short, soft lapses of transported flame.
Mrs. Browning.

Sus-pire′

,
Noun.
[Cf. L.
suspirium
.]
A long, deep breath; a sigh.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Suspire

SUSPI'RE

,
Verb.
I.
[supra.] To sigh; to fetch along deep breath; to breathe. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


suspiré

suspiré

See also: suspire

Spanish

Verb

suspiré

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of suspirar.