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   suspire

   /səˈspʌɪə/

   verb

   • 1. breathe: literary "we only live, only suspire Consumed by either fire or fire"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘yearn after’): from Latin suspirare, from sub- ‘from below’ + spirare ‘breathe’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. suspiration noun

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   What is the meaning of suspire?

   • • SUSPIRE (verb) The verb SUSPIRE has 2 senses: 1. heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily. 2. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs. Familiarity information: SUSPIRE used as a verb is rare.

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   What does suspire do?

   • Suspire, a services company engaged in assisting business entities since 2007, in reaching out to their stakeholders – internal and external – with their offerings in mentoring, training, customer retention and employee engagement and has a new model based on the credo seeking to ‘infuse’ happiness amongst stakeholders. Suspire…

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   What is the meaning of the word Suspiria?

   • In the other version possibly the American print, the letters of the word "Suspiria" are made of weird pink flesh-like organs that pulsate and seem to breathe, sort of a cross between hearts and lungs. These pink formations actually appear on the American one-sheet movie poster.

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   How common is the verb suspire?

   • Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English How is the verb suspire pronounced? Where does the verb suspire come from? suspire is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin suspīrāre.

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   Suspire is a verb that means to draw a long deep breath, or to sigh. Learn the etymology, synonyms, and usage examples of this word from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Suspire means to sigh or breathe deeply, often with longing or emotion. It is an archaic or poetic word derived from Latin suspīrāre.

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   Suspire definition: to sigh.. See examples of SUSPIRE used in a sentence.

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   suspire: 1 v heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily Synonyms: sigh Type of: breathe , respire , take a breath draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs v draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs Synonyms: breathe , respire , take a breath respire undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen ...

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   Suspire means to breathe or sigh, often with a feeling of longing or regret. Learn the origin, pronunciation, and usage of this verb from various sources, such as Robert Frost, Collins, and Random House.

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   Suspire is a verb that means to breathe heavily or sigh. It comes from Latin suspīrāre and has three meanings in OED. See examples, pronunciation, and frequency of suspire.

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   Suspire means to breathe heavily or sigh, as in to gasp. Find 29 similar and opposite words for suspire, such as gasp, wheeze, pant, huff, blow, inspire, breathe, and more.