The breath of heav'n fresh-blowing, pure and sweet, / With day-spring born; here leave me to respire.
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Respire
//ɹɪˈspʌɪə//
Synonyms for "respire" (44 found)
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4 translations across 2 languages.
Czech
3 entries- dýchat verb (to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide and produce energy in the process)
- oddechnout si verb (to recover one's breath following stress)
- oddychovat verb (to recover one's breath following stress)
Māori
1 entries- tukupūngao verb (to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide and produce energy in the process)
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Second Day.—Hold the breath five seconds. Respire, and hold the breath ten seconds. Respire, and hold the breath fifteen seconds.
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All living things respire or breathe. To many of us this means that they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.
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It is my opinion, that these animals, while they continue in the state of larvae, respire water and not air; and that they inspire the water, not by the mask, but by their posterior part, through which also they discharge it.
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