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respire

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See also:respiré

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishrespiren, borrowed fromOld Frenchrespirer orLatinrespīrō(“to blow back, breathe out”), fromre-(“back”) +‎spīrō(“to breathe, blow”).

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspʌɪə/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
(General American)IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspaɪɹ/
Rhymes:-aɪə(ɹ)

Verb

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respire (third-person singular simple presentrespires,present participlerespiring,simple past and past participlerespired)

(intransitive) Tobreathe in andoutsuccessively.
Synonyms:seeThesaurus:breathe
1. (intransitive) Torecover one'sbreath orbreathe easily followingstress.
  - 1671,John Milton,Samson Agonistes, lines10–11:
    The breath of heav'n fresh-blowing, pure and sweet, / With day-spring born; here leave me torespire.
  - 1888,Edmund Shaftesbury,Lessons in Artistic Deep Breathing for Strengthening the Voice‎^[1],page23:
    Second Day.—Hold the breath five seconds.Respire, and hold the breath ten seconds.Respire, and hold the breath fifteen seconds.
(cytology, intransitive) Totake upoxygen and producecarbon dioxide throughoxidation.
- 1964, H. Webb, M. A. Grigg,Modern Science‎^[2], Book 3,page155:
  All living thingsrespire or breathe. To many of us this means that they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.
(transitive) To (inhale and)exhale; tobreathe.
- 1799, M. Lesser,Insecto-Theology: Or, a Demonstration of the Being and Perfections of God, from a Consideration of the Structure and Economy of Insects‎^[3],page327:
  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.
- 1838,[Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XI, inDuty and Inclination: […], volume III, London:Henry Colburn, […],→OCLC,page139:
  They were the last moments he might everrespire near her, who was then doubtless wrapt in peaceful sleep, whilst he wandered distracted without.
(archaic, intransitive) Torecover hope,courage, orstrength after a time ofdifficulty.

to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide and produce energy in the process

Maori:tukupūngao

Noun

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respire

(obsolete)Rest,respite.
- 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC,page162:
  He cast to suffer him no morerespire,
  But gan his sturdie sterne about to weld,
  And him so strongly stroke, that to the ground him feld.