suspire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: suspire	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for suspire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suspire v heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly" Synonym(s): sigh, suspire draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" Synonym(s): breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suspire \Sus*pire"\, n. [Cf. L. suspirium.] A long, deep breath; a sigh. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suspire \Suspire"\, v. 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.