Found 2 items, similar to respire.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: respire respire v 1: breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety 2: undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbonmonoxide 3: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; “I can breathe better when the air is clean”; “The patient is respiring” [syn: breathe, take a breath, suspire]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Respire Respire \Re*spire"\ (r?*sp?r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Respired (-sp?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Respiring.] [L. respirare, respiratum; pref. re- re- + spirare to breathe: cf. F. respirer. See Spirit.] 1. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Here leave me to respire. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From the mountains where I now respire. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood. [1913 Webster] Respire \Re*spire"\, v. t. 1. To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe. [1913 Webster] A native of the land where I respire The clear air for a while. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. To breathe out; to exhale. [R.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]