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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

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • S

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

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