| slovo | definícia |
spire
(mass) | spire
- veža, zvonica |
spire
(encz) | spire,špička věže n: Milan Svoboda |
spire
(encz) | spire,věž n: špičatá Milan Svoboda |
Spire
(gcide) | Spire \Spire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spiring.]
To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. --Emerson.
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It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being
more inclined to branch into arms. --Mortimer.
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Spire
(gcide) | Spire \Spire\, v. i. [L. spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
To breathe. [Obs.] --Shenstone.
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Spire
(gcide) | Spire \Spire\, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. ???: cf. F.
spire.]
1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. --Dryden.
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2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution
of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
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Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer.
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Spire
(gcide) | Spire \Spire\, n. [OE. spire, spir, a blade of grass, a young
shoot, AS. sp[imac]r; akin to G. spier a blade of grass, Dan.
spire a sprout, sprig, Sw. spira a spar, Icel. sp[imac]ra.]
1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass
or of wheat.
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An oak cometh up a little spire. --Chaucer.
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2. A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a
conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof
of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion
to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination
of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as
that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a
steeple, or the steeple itself. "With glistering spires
and pinnacles adorned." --Milton.
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A spire of land that stand apart,
Cleft from the main. --Tennyson.
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Tall spire from which the sound of cheerful bells
Just undulates upon the listening ear. --Cowper.
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3. (Mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the
chargen in blasting.
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4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
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The spire and top of praises. --Shak.
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spire
(wn) | spire
n 1: a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building
(usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at
the top [syn: steeple, spire] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
aspire
(mass) | aspire
- usilovať |
inspire
(mass) | inspire
- podnecovať, podnietiť, inšpirovať |
inspired
(mass) | inspired
- geniálny |
spire
(mass) | spire
- veža, zvonica |
aspire
(encz) | aspire,aspirovat v: Zdeněk Brožaspire,toužit po aspire,usilovat v: Zdeněk Brožaspire,usilovat o |
coconspire
(encz) | coconspire, v: |
conspire
(encz) | conspire,spiknout v: Zdeněk Brož |
conspired
(encz) | conspired,spiknutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inspire
(encz) | inspire,inspirovat v: Zdeněk Brožinspire,nadchnout Zdeněk Brožinspire,podněcovat inspire,podnítit v: inspire,povzbudit Zdeněk Brožinspire,vzbudit inspire,vzbuzovat |
inspired
(encz) | inspired,geniální adj: Zdeněk Brožinspired,inspirovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inspirer
(encz) | inspirer, |
inspires
(encz) | inspires,inspiruje v: Zdeněk Brož |
perspire
(encz) | perspire,potit v: Zdeněk Brožperspire,potit se v: Nijel |
perspirer
(encz) | perspirer, n: |
respire
(encz) | respire,dýchat v: Zdeněk Brož |
respired
(encz) | respired, |
spire
(encz) | spire,špička věže n: Milan Svobodaspire,věž n: špičatá Milan Svoboda |
spirea
(encz) | spirea, |
suspire
(encz) | suspire, v: |
transpire
(encz) | transpire,přihodit se v: Zdeněk Brožtranspire,ukázat se v: Zdeněk Brož |
transpired
(encz) | transpired,stal se Zdeněk Brožtranspired,udál se Zdeněk Brožtranspired,ukázal se Zdeněk Brožtranspired,vyšel najevo Zdeněk Brož |
uninspired
(encz) | uninspired,nenápaditý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Acrospire
(gcide) | Acrospire \Ac"ro*spire\, v. i.
To put forth the first sprout.
[1913 Webster]Acrospire \Ac"ro*spire\, n. [Gr. ? + ? anything twisted.] (Bot.)
The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate;
the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral
form.
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Aspire
(gcide) | Aspire \As*pire"\, n.
Aspiration. [Obs.] --Chapman.
[1913 Webster]Aspire \As*pire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aspired; p. pr. & vb.
n. Aspiring.] [F. aspirer, L. aspirare. See Aspirate, v.
t.]
1. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high
or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after,
and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire
after immorality.
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Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell;
Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. --Pope.
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2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
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My own breath still foments the fire,
Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. --Waller.
[1913 Webster]Aspire \As*pire"\, v. t.
To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
[Obs.]
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That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. --Shak.
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Aspired
(gcide) | Aspire \As*pire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aspired; p. pr. & vb.
n. Aspiring.] [F. aspirer, L. aspirare. See Aspirate, v.
t.]
1. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high
or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after,
and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire
after immorality.
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Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell;
Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. --Pope.
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2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
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My own breath still foments the fire,
Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. --Waller.
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Aspirement
(gcide) | Aspirement \As*pire"ment\, n.
Aspiration. [Obs.]
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Aspirer
(gcide) | Aspirer \As*pir"er\, n.
One who aspires.
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Conspire
(gcide) | Conspire \Con*spire"\, v. t.
To plot; to plan; to combine for.
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Angry clouds conspire your overthrow. --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]Conspire \Con*spire"\ (k[o^]n*sp[imac]r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Conspired (k[o^]n*sp[imac]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Conspiring.] [F. conspirer, L. conspirare to blow together,
harmonize, agree, plot; con- + spirare to breathe, blow. See
Spirit.]
1. To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some
act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some
unlawful deed; to plot together.
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They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him. --Gen.
xxxvii. 18.
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You have conspired against our royal person,
Joined with an enemy proclaimed. --Shak.
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2. To concur to one end; to agree.
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The press, the pulpit, and the stage
Conspire to censure and expose our age. --Roscommon.
Syn: To unite; concur; complot; confederate; league.
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Conspired
(gcide) | Conspire \Con*spire"\ (k[o^]n*sp[imac]r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Conspired (k[o^]n*sp[imac]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Conspiring.] [F. conspirer, L. conspirare to blow together,
harmonize, agree, plot; con- + spirare to breathe, blow. See
Spirit.]
1. To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some
act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some
unlawful deed; to plot together.
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They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him. --Gen.
xxxvii. 18.
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You have conspired against our royal person,
Joined with an enemy proclaimed. --Shak.
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2. To concur to one end; to agree.
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The press, the pulpit, and the stage
Conspire to censure and expose our age. --Roscommon.
Syn: To unite; concur; complot; confederate; league.
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Conspirer
(gcide) | Conspirer \Con*spir"er\, n.
One who conspires; a conspirator.
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Diet of Spires
(gcide) | Diet \Di"et\, n. [F. di[`e]te, LL. dieta, diaeta, an assembly, a
day's journey; the same word as diet course of living, but
with the sense changed by L. dies day: cf. G. tag day, and
Reichstag.]
A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland,
and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative
convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521.
Specifically: Any of various national or local assemblies;
as,
(a) Occasionally, the Reichstag of the German Empire,
Reichsrath of the Austrian Empire, the federal
legislature of Switzerland, etc.
(b) The legislature of Denmark, Sweden, Japan, or Hungary.
(c) The state assembly or any of various local assemblies in
the states of the German Empire, as the legislature
(Landtag) of the kingdom of Prussia, and the Diet of the
Circle (Kreistag) in its local government.
(d) The local legislature (Landtag) of an Austrian province.
(e) The federative assembly of the old Germanic Confederation
(1815 -- 66).
(f) In the old German or Holy Roman Empire, the great formal
assembly of counselors (the Imperial Diet or Reichstag)
or a small, local, or informal assembly of a similar kind
(the Court Diet, or Hoftag).
Note: The most celebrated Imperial Diets are the three
following, all held under Charles V.:
Diet of Worms, 1521, the object of which was to check the
Reformation and which condemned Luther as a heretic;
Diet of Spires, or Diet of Speyer, 1529, which had the
same object and issued an edict against the further
dissemination of the new doctrines, against which edict
Lutheran princes and deputies protested (hence
Protestants):
Diet of Augsburg, 1530, the object of which was the
settlement of religious disputes, and at which the
Augsburg Confession was presented but was denounced by the
emperor, who put its adherents under the imperial ban.
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Inspire
(gcide) | Inspire \In*spire"\ ([i^]n*sp[imac]r"), v. t. [OE. enspiren, OF.
enspirer, inspirer, F. inspirer, fr. L. inspirare; pref. in-
in + spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
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1. To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
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When Zephirus eek, with his sweete breath,
Inspir[`e]d hath in every holt and heath
The tender crops. --Chaucer.
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Descend, ye Nine, descend and sing,
The breathing instruments inspire. --Pope.
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2. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
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He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into
him an active soul. --Wisdom xv.
11.
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3. To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; --
opposed to expire.
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Forced to inspire and expire the air with
difficulty. --Harvey.
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4. To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to
convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to
disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by
inspiration.
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And generous stout courage did inspire. --Spenser.
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But dawning day new comfort hath inspired. --Shak.
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5. To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or
supernatural influence; to fill with what animates,
enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to
inspire a child with sentiments of virtue; to inspire a
person to do extraordinary feats.
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Erato, thy poet's mind inspire,
And fill his soul with thy celestial fire. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inspired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inspiring.]
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1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; --
opposed to expire.
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2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]
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And when the wind amongst them did inspire,
They wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser.
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Inspired
(gcide) | Inspire \In*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inspired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inspiring.]
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1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; --
opposed to expire.
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2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]
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And when the wind amongst them did inspire,
They wav[`e]d like a penon wide dispread. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Inspired \In*spired"\, a.
1. Breathed in; inhaled.
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2. Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence;
affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets;
the inspired writers.
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3. Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine
inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy;
-- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as,
the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.
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4. Moved to a higher level of thought, creativity, or
motivation.
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Inspirer
(gcide) | Inspirer \In*spir"er\, n.
One who, or that which, inspires. "Inspirer of that holy
flame." --Cowper.
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Perspire
(gcide) | Perspire \Per*spire"\, v. t.
To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat;
to excrete through pores.
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Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine.
--Smollett.
[1913 Webster]Perspire \Per*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perspired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Perspiring.] [L. perspirare to breathe through; per
+ spirare. See Per-, and Spirit.]
1. (Physiol.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to
excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
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2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the
pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
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Perspired
(gcide) | Perspire \Per*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perspired; p. pr. &
vb. n. Perspiring.] [L. perspirare to breathe through; per
+ spirare. See Per-, and Spirit.]
1. (Physiol.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to
excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
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2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the
pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
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Reinspire
(gcide) | Reinspire \Re`in*spire"\ (-sp?r"), v. t.
To inspire anew. --Milton.
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Respire
(gcide) | 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.
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Here leave me to respire. --Milton.
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From the mountains where I now respire. --Byron.
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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.
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A native of the land where I respire
The clear air for a while. --Byron.
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2. To breathe out; to exhale. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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Respired
(gcide) | 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.
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Here leave me to respire. --Milton.
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From the mountains where I now respire. --Byron.
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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.
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Spire bearer
(gcide) | Spire \Spire\, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. ???: cf. F.
spire.]
1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. --Dryden.
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2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution
of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
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Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer.
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Spired
(gcide) | Spired \Spired\, a.
Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired
steeple. --Mason.
[1913 Webster]Spire \Spire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spired; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spiring.]
To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire. --Emerson.
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It is not so apt to spire up as the other sorts, being
more inclined to branch into arms. --Mortimer.
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Suspire
(gcide) | Suspire \Sus*pire"\, n. [Cf. L. suspirium.]
A long, deep breath; a sigh. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Suspire \Sus*pire"\, v. i. [L. suspirare to breathe out, to
sigh; sub under + spirare to breathe: cf. F. souspirer, OF.
souspirer.]
To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe. --Shak.
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Fireflies that suspire
In short, soft lapses of transported flame. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Suspired
(gcide) | Suspired \Sus*pired"\, a.
Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted. [Obs.]
--Sir H. Wotton.
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Transpire
(gcide) | Transpire \Tran*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transpired; p.
pr. & vb. n. Transpiring.] [F. transpirer; L. trans across,
through + spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
1. (Physiol.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible
perspiration; to exhale.
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2. (Bot.) To evaporate from living cells.
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3. To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the
proceedings of the council soon transpired.
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The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual
attachment had transpired through many of the
travelers. --De Quincey.
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4. To happen or come to pass; to occur.
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Note: This sense of the word, which is of comparatively
recent introduction, is common in the United States,
especially in the language of conversation and of
newspaper writers, and is used to some extent in
England. Its use, however, is censured by critics of
both countries.
[1913 Webster]Transpire \Tran*spire"\, v. t.
1. (Physiol.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the
form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
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2. (Bot.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
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Transpired
(gcide) | Transpire \Tran*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transpired; p.
pr. & vb. n. Transpiring.] [F. transpirer; L. trans across,
through + spirare to breathe. See Spirit.]
1. (Physiol.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible
perspiration; to exhale.
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2. (Bot.) To evaporate from living cells.
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3. To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the
proceedings of the council soon transpired.
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The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual
attachment had transpired through many of the
travelers. --De Quincey.
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4. To happen or come to pass; to occur.
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Note: This sense of the word, which is of comparatively
recent introduction, is common in the United States,
especially in the language of conversation and of
newspaper writers, and is used to some extent in
England. Its use, however, is censured by critics of
both countries.
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Uninspired
(gcide) | Uninspired \Uninspired\
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aspire
(wn) | aspire
v 1: have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: {draw a bead
on}, aspire, aim, shoot for] |
aspirer
(wn) | aspirer
n 1: an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant";
"two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was
full of Madonna wannabes" [syn: aspirant, aspirer,
hopeful, wannabe, wannabee] |
coconspire
(wn) | coconspire
v 1: conspire together; "The two men coconspired to cover up the
Federal investigation" |
conspire
(wn) | conspire
v 1: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure,
machinate]
2: act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful
or illegal purpose; "The two companies conspired to cause the
value of the stock to fall" [syn: conspire, collude] |
inspire
(wn) | inspire
v 1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the
imagination" [syn: inspire, animate, invigorate,
enliven, exalt]
2: supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist
inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
3: serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my
relatives" [syn: prompt, inspire, instigate]
4: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The
crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer,
root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort,
pep up]
5: fill with revolutionary ideas [syn: revolutionize,
revolutionise, inspire]
6: draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain
air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer
patient cannot inspire air very well" [syn: inhale,
inspire, breathe in] [ant: breathe out, exhale,
expire] |
inspired
(wn) | inspired
adj 1: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest
inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine";
"the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired
performance" [syn: divine, elysian, inspired] |
inspirer
(wn) | inspirer
n 1: a leader who stimulates and excites people to action [syn:
galvanizer, galvaniser, inspirer] |
perspire
(wn) | perspire
v 1: excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin;
"Exercise makes one sweat" [syn: sweat, sudate,
perspire] |
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