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 Re·spire v. i. [imp. & p. p. Respired p. pr. & vb. n. Respiring.]
 1. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
    Here leave me to respire.   --Milton.
    From the mountains where I now respire.   --Byron.
 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.