aspirev.

Brit.

/əˈspʌɪə/, U.S.

/əˈspaɪ(ə)r/

Forms: Middle English–1500s aspyre, 1500s–1600s aspier, 1500s– aspire.

Etymology: (? < French aspire-r ), < Latin aspīrāre, adspīrāre to breathe upon, seek to reach, < ad to, at + spīrāre to breathe. The Old French aspirer is probably partly for enspirer , < Latin inspīrāre : see a- prefix¹.

I. To breathe into or forth.

†1. transitive. To breathe (breath or spiritual influence) to or into; to inspire. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > inspire [verb (transitive)]

inblowc975

inspirea1340

illuminec1340

enlightenc1384

reveal?a1425

aspire1532

illuminatea1538

clarify1631

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 507/1 Though god..aspired them his grace therein.

1533 T. More Apol. xlix, in Wks. 927/2 To spreade his beames vpon vs, and aspire hys breth into vs.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. lix. 16 Thereto may he his grace and gentle heat aspire.

†2. intransitive. To breathe forth, exhale. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (intransitive)]

breathea1382

spirea1382

blazec1384

inspire1513

tuff?1553

to breathe out1576

huff1582

expire1633

outbreathe1638

aspirec1750

exhale1863

c1750 W. Shenstone Wks. (1764) I. 290 In what lonely vale Of balmy med'cine's various field, aspires The blest refrigerent?

II. To breathe desire towards. (Cf. anhele v.)

3. intransitive. To have a fixed desire, longing, or ambition for something at present above one; to seek to attain, to pant, long.

a. with to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > aspire [verb (intransitive)]

aspirec1460

to hitch one's wagon to a star1870

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire [verb (intransitive)]

affect?a1425

aspirec1460

affectate1560

to think big1903

trod1909

to raise one's sights1950

c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 59 Mannys Corage is so noble that naturally he aspyreth to hye thyngs and to be exaltyd.

1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 19^v Woman oght to be repressed..if she aspire to any dominion.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. iv. 15 Any man that aspires to true knowledge.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 225 The Barbarian still aspired to the rank of master-general of the armies of the West.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 52 Is it not possible that Pole secretly aspired to the hand of the princess Mary?

b. with after, at; for, obsolete.

ΚΠ

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 31 b Which citty..began to aspire at the whole Empire of Greece.

1649 R. Lovelace Poems (1659) 22 [Thou] Aspiredst for the everlasting Crowne.

a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 246 We are able to desire, and aspire after..the very throne of God.

1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. ii. viii. 165 He who aspires at the character of a good man.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 399 To aspire after a more perfect knowledge of his nature.

1869 F. W. Newman Misc. 310 He does not lead the learner to aspire at any thing higher.

c. with infinitive.

ΚΠ

c1460 [see sense 3a].

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Yy4^v Aspiring to be like God in power.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 154 Wilt thou aspire to guide the heauenly Car?

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xviii Milo was aspiring to be made consul.

d. absol.

ΚΠ

1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvii. 167 To aspire is lawfull, if betwixt a Meane it stand.

1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 19 Ye powers of truth that bid my soul aspire.

1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith ix. 383 Man aspires. An immense instinct in his nature points upward, like a spire of flame.

†4. transitive. To have an ardent desire for, to pant or long for, to be ambitious of, aim at. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire to or to do [verb (transitive)]

pursuea1382

affect?a1425

anhelea1500

to hawk after (for)?1510

affectate1560

to breathe after ——a1593

emule1595

aspire1596

emulate1597

to fawn upon1634

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ix. sig. V2 How for to depryue Mercilla of her crowne, by her aspyred .

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii. at Cleopatra He aspired the Empire.

1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew i. sig. C2 But I aspire no merits, nor popular thanks.

1816 R. Southey Lay of Laureate Proem. 20 And Love aspired with Faith a heavenward flight.

III. To rise, mount up. (Influenced in use by various meanings of spire n.¹, spire v.¹)

5. intransitive. To rise up, as an exhalation, or as smoke or fire; hence gen. to mount up, taper up, tower, ascend, rise high, become tall.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > become high(er) [verb (intransitive)] > extend to a great or considerable height

mount1573

tower1582

aspire1591

spire1687

soar1812

uptower1848

steeple1892

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] > of flame or vapour > like smoke or flame

sufflame?1527

upspire1558

aspire1591

smokea1616

volume1824

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 408 Pyramides, to heauen aspired.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 96 Whose flames aspire, As thoughts do blow them higher and higher.

1678 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum (ed. 2) 44 The Tree is more apt to aspire than any other Apple-tree.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 120 Tisiphone..every moment rises to the sight: Aspiring to the Skies.

1738 S. Johnson London 208 Orgilio sees the golden pile aspire.

c1855 Ld. Houghton Burial Ground of Scutari Above the domes of loftiest mosques, These pinnacles of death aspire.

6. figurative (with some sense of 3 combined.)

ΚΠ

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. viii. 125 To whose workes mans thoughts aspire not.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 299 It aspireth to the very top of ostentation.

1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st ix. 5 Let thy heaven-taught soul to heaven aspire.

1832 W. Wordsworth Poems of Imag. xli Mount from the earth; aspire! aspire!

†7. To grow up to (the age of). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [verb (intransitive)] > advance in age

forthgoa1325

throc1325

to wax in age or eld1340

grow1477

aspire1576

accrue1586

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 410 The Gardein..shall keepe his [lands] untill the warde aspire to foureteene.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F2^v To ryper yeares he gan aspyre.

†8. transitive. To mount up to, soar to, reach, attain. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > ascend (something) [verb (transitive)] > go up into or onto

scalec1380

amountc1572

aspire1581

endorse1594

mount1596

ascend1597

transcend1602

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)]

areach1014

reachOE

ofreachlOE

overtakec1225

catchc1330

acomec1350

touchc1384

getc1390

to come at ——a1393

henta1393

overreacha1400

win?1473

aspire1581

obtain1589

attainc1592

make1610

gaina1616

acquire1665

advene1684

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > succeed in or achieve a purpose

reacheOE

awinc1000

attain1393

speedc1400

comprehenda1450

escheve1489

to make out1535

consecute1536

compass1549

achievea1569

aspire1581

obtain1589

subdue1590

to go a long (also great, short, etc.) way1624

arrivea1657

kill1899

nail1981

1581 A. Anderson Serm. Paules Crosse 89 The vigor..should valiantly aspyre the top of smallest twigges.

c1592 Faire Em sig. A3 And to aspire the blisse That hangs on quicke atchiuement of my loue, Thy selfe and I will traueile in disguise.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 117 That gallant spirit hath aspir'd the cloudes.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades x. 309 Forth went they..and presently aspir'd The guardless Thracian regiment fast bound with sleep, and tir'd.

IV. To breathe out.

9. = expire v. (Cf. Old French espirer; cf. a- prefix¹.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (transitive)]

fnastc1400

to breathe out1556

outbreathe1563

aspire1575

exhale1589

expire1590

expirate1615

spirate1649

spire1649

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 34 Y^e lyke as when y^e hart dyeth the life dissolueth, euen so by Christ aspiring upon the Crosse the sinagog tooke ende.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aspire
释义	† aspiren. Etymology: < aspire v. Obsolete. Aspiration. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [noun] folebayrie1340 ambition?a1439 ambitiousnessa1500 affectation1549 aspire1562 aspiring1584 philotimy1593 ambitiositya1600 aspirement1607 aspiration1609 votea1626 anhelation1628 breathinga1635 drivenness1902 1562 J. Norton in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 459 Heau'd vp, hurl'd downe, dismay'd, or in aspire. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) 76 Whose earthly fumes choak my devout aspires . View more context for this quotation 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues iii. xxviii. 484 Thy serious Aspires..after the true Knowledge of thy Maker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). aspirev. Brit. /əˈspʌɪə/, U.S. /əˈspaɪ(ə)r/ Forms: Middle English–1500s aspyre, 1500s–1600s aspier, 1500s– aspire. Etymology: (? < French aspire-r ), < Latin aspīrāre, adspīrāre to breathe upon, seek to reach, < ad to, at + spīrāre to breathe. The Old French aspirer is probably partly for enspirer , < Latin inspīrāre : see a- prefix¹. I. To breathe into or forth. †1. transitive. To breathe (breath or spiritual influence) to or into; to inspire. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > inspire [verb (transitive)] inblowc975 inspirea1340 illuminec1340 enlightenc1384 reveal?a1425 aspire1532 illuminatea1538 clarify1631 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 507/1 Though god..aspired them his grace therein. 1533 T. More Apol. xlix, in Wks. 927/2 To spreade his beames vpon vs, and aspire hys breth into vs. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. lix. 16 Thereto may he his grace and gentle heat aspire. †2. intransitive. To breathe forth, exhale. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (intransitive)] breathea1382 spirea1382 blazec1384 inspire1513 tuff?1553 to breathe out1576 huff1582 expire1633 outbreathe1638 aspirec1750 exhale1863 c1750 W. Shenstone Wks. (1764) I. 290 In what lonely vale Of balmy med'cine's various field, aspires The blest refrigerent? II. To breathe desire towards. (Cf. anhele v.) 3. intransitive. To have a fixed desire, longing, or ambition for something at present above one; to seek to attain, to pant, long. a. with to. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > aspire [verb (intransitive)] aspirec1460 to hitch one's wagon to a star1870 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire [verb (intransitive)] affect?a1425 aspirec1460 affectate1560 to think big1903 trod1909 to raise one's sights1950 c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 59 Mannys Corage is so noble that naturally he aspyreth to hye thyngs and to be exaltyd. 1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 19^v Woman oght to be repressed..if she aspire to any dominion. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. iv. 15 Any man that aspires to true knowledge. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 225 The Barbarian still aspired to the rank of master-general of the armies of the West. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. II. 52 Is it not possible that Pole secretly aspired to the hand of the princess Mary? b. with after, at; for, obsolete. ΚΠ 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 31 b Which citty..began to aspire at the whole Empire of Greece. 1649 R. Lovelace Poems (1659) 22 [Thou] Aspiredst for the everlasting Crowne. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 246 We are able to desire, and aspire after..the very throne of God. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings I. ii. viii. 165 He who aspires at the character of a good man. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 399 To aspire after a more perfect knowledge of his nature. 1869 F. W. Newman Misc. 310 He does not lead the learner to aspire at any thing higher. c. with infinitive. ΚΠ c1460 [see sense 3a]. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Yy4^v Aspiring to be like God in power. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 154 Wilt thou aspire to guide the heauenly Car? View more context for this quotation 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xviii Milo was aspiring to be made consul. d. absol. ΚΠ 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxvii. 167 To aspire is lawfull, if betwixt a Meane it stand. 1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 19 Ye powers of truth that bid my soul aspire. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith ix. 383 Man aspires. An immense instinct in his nature points upward, like a spire of flame. †4. transitive. To have an ardent desire for, to pant or long for, to be ambitious of, aim at. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > aspire to or to do [verb (transitive)] pursuea1382 affect?a1425 anhelea1500 to hawk after (for)?1510 affectate1560 to breathe after ——a1593 emule1595 aspire1596 emulate1597 to fawn upon1634 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ix. sig. V2 How for to depryue Mercilla of her crowne, by her aspyred . View more context for this quotation 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii. at Cleopatra He aspired the Empire. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew i. sig. C2 But I aspire no merits, nor popular thanks. 1816 R. Southey Lay of Laureate Proem. 20 And Love aspired with Faith a heavenward flight. III. To rise, mount up. (Influenced in use by various meanings of spire n.¹, spire v.¹) 5. intransitive. To rise up, as an exhalation, or as smoke or fire; hence gen. to mount up, taper up, tower, ascend, rise high, become tall. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > become high(er) [verb (intransitive)] > extend to a great or considerable height mount1573 tower1582 aspire1591 spire1687 soar1812 uptower1848 steeple1892 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] > of flame or vapour > like smoke or flame sufflame?1527 upspire1558 aspire1591 smokea1616 volume1824 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 408 Pyramides, to heauen aspired. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 96 Whose flames aspire, As thoughts do blow them higher and higher. View more context for this quotation 1678 J. Worlidge Vinetum Britannicum (ed. 2) 44 The Tree is more apt to aspire than any other Apple-tree. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 120 Tisiphone..every moment rises to the sight: Aspiring to the Skies. View more context for this quotation 1738 S. Johnson London 208 Orgilio sees the golden pile aspire. c1855 Ld. Houghton Burial Ground of Scutari Above the domes of loftiest mosques, These pinnacles of death aspire. 6. figurative (with some sense of 3 combined.) ΚΠ 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. viii. 125 To whose workes mans thoughts aspire not. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 299 It aspireth to the very top of ostentation. 1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st ix. 5 Let thy heaven-taught soul to heaven aspire. 1832 W. Wordsworth Poems of Imag. xli Mount from the earth; aspire! aspire! †7. To grow up to (the age of). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [verb (intransitive)] > advance in age forthgoa1325 throc1325 to wax in age or eld1340 grow1477 aspire1576 accrue1586 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 410 The Gardein..shall keepe his [lands] untill the warde aspire to foureteene. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F2^v To ryper yeares he gan aspyre. †8. transitive. To mount up to, soar to, reach, attain. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > ascend (something) [verb (transitive)] > go up into or onto scalec1380 amountc1572 aspire1581 endorse1594 mount1596 ascend1597 transcend1602 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] areach1014 reachOE ofreachlOE overtakec1225 catchc1330 acomec1350 touchc1384 getc1390 to come at ——a1393 henta1393 overreacha1400 win?1473 aspire1581 obtain1589 attainc1592 make1610 gaina1616 acquire1665 advene1684 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > succeed in or achieve a purpose reacheOE awinc1000 attain1393 speedc1400 comprehenda1450 escheve1489 to make out1535 consecute1536 compass1549 achievea1569 aspire1581 obtain1589 subdue1590 to go a long (also great, short, etc.) way1624 arrivea1657 kill1899 nail1981 1581 A. Anderson Serm. Paules Crosse 89 The vigor..should valiantly aspyre the top of smallest twigges. c1592 Faire Em sig. A3 And to aspire the blisse That hangs on quicke atchiuement of my loue, Thy selfe and I will traueile in disguise. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 117 That gallant spirit hath aspir'd the cloudes. View more context for this quotation 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades x. 309 Forth went they..and presently aspir'd The guardless Thracian regiment fast bound with sleep, and tir'd. IV. To breathe out. 9. = expire v. (Cf. Old French espirer; cf. a- prefix¹.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (transitive)] fnastc1400 to breathe out1556 outbreathe1563 aspire1575 exhale1589 expire1590 expirate1615 spirate1649 spire1649 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 34 Y^e lyke as when y^e hart dyeth the life dissolueth, euen so by Christ aspiring upon the Crosse the sinagog tooke ende. 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