Associations to the word «Respire»

Wiktionary

RESPIRE, verb. (intransitive) To breathe in and out.
RESPIRE, verb. (intransitive) To engage in the process of respiration.
RESPIRE, verb. (intransitive) To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
RESPIRE, verb. (transitive) To inhale and exhale; to breathe.
RESPIRE, noun. (obsolete) Rest, respite.

Dictionary definition

RESPIRE, verb. Breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety.
RESPIRE, verb. Undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide.
RESPIRE, verb. Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring".

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza