aspire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: aspire	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for aspire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aspire v have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: {draw a bead on}, aspire, aim, shoot for]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aspire \Aspire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aspired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aspiring}.] [F. aspirer, L. aspirare. See {Aspirate}, v. t.] 1. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire* to a crown; to aspire after immorality. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. --Pope. 2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar. My own breath still foments the fire, Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. --Waller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aspire \Aspire"\, v. t. To aspire* to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to. [Obs.] That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aspire \As*pire"\, n. Aspiration. [Obs.] --Chapman.