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Aspire

//əˈspaɪɚ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something. intransitive

    "to aspire to / for / after / to do something; to aspire that something happens"

  2. 2
    have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal wordnet
  3. 3
    To go as high as, to reach the top of (something). obsolete, transitive

    "Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine, / Untill our bodies turne to Elements: / And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones."

  4. 4
    To move upward; to be very tall. archaic, intransitive, literary, transitive

    "In midſt of which a ſumptuous Temple ſtands, / That threats the ſtarres with her aſpiring toppe."

Etymology

From Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō (“breathe on; approach; desire”).

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