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Spiring
(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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Spiring
(gcide) | Spiring \Spir"ing\, a.
Shooting up in a spire or spires. "The spiring grass."
--Dryton.
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inspiring
(mass) | inspiring
- inšpirujúci |
aspiring
(encz) | aspiring,ctižádostivý Pavel Machek; Gizaaspiring,snaživý adj: PetrVaspiring,usilující adj: PetrV |
awe-inspiring
(encz) | awe-inspiring,vzbuzující úctu Zdeněk Brož |
conspiring
(encz) | conspiring,osnující spiknutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
inspiring
(encz) | inspiring,inspirující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
perspiring
(encz) | perspiring,potící se adj: Zdeněk Brož |
transpiring
(encz) | transpiring, |
uninspiring
(encz) | uninspiring,nudný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Aspiring
(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.
[1913 Webster]Aspiring \As*pir"ing\, a.
That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. -- As*pir"ing*ly, adv.
-- As*pir"ing*ness, n.
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Aspiringly
(gcide) | Aspiring \As*pir"ing\, a.
That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. -- As*pir"ing*ly, adv.
-- As*pir"ing*ness, n.
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Aspiringness
(gcide) | Aspiring \As*pir"ing\, a.
That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. -- As*pir"ing*ly, adv.
-- As*pir"ing*ness, n.
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awe-inspiring spectacular
(gcide) | Dramatic \Dra*mat"ic\ (dr[.a]*m[a^]t"[i^]k), Dramatical
\Dra*mat"ic*al\ (dr[.a]*m[a^]t"[i^]*kal), a. [Gr. dramatiko`s,
fr. dra^ma: cf. F. dramatique.]
Of or pertaining to the drama; as, dramatic arts. [WordNet
sense 3]
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2. suitable to or characteristic of or having the qualities
of, a drama; theatrical; as, a dramatic entrance in a
swirling cape; a dramatic rescue at sea. Opposite of
undramatic. [WordNet sense 1] [Narrower terms:
melodramatic; awe-inspiring, spectacular]
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The emperor . . . performed his part with much
dramatic effect. --Motley.
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3. striking in appearance or effect; vivid; having a
thrilling effect; as, a dramatic sunset; a dramatic pause.
[WordNet sense 2]
Syn: spectacular, striking.
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4. (Music) marked by power and expressiveness and a
histrionic or theatrical style; -- of a singer or singing
voice; as, a dramatic tenor; a dramatic soprano.
Contrasted to lyric. [WordNet sense 4]
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Conspiring
(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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Conspiringly
(gcide) | Conspiringly \Con*spir"ing*ly\, adv.
In the manner of a conspirator; by conspiracy. --Milton.
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Inspiring
(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]Inspiring \In*spir"ing\, a.
Animating; cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring
or scene.
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Perspiring
(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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Respiring
(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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Transpiring
(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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Unaspiring
(gcide) | Unaspiring \Unaspiring\
See aspiring. |
Unconspiring
(gcide) | Unconspiring \Unconspiring\
See conspiring. |
Volute spiring
(gcide) | Volute \Vo*lute"\, n. [F. volute (cf. It. voluta), L. voluta,
from volvere, volutum, to roll. See Voluble.]
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1. (Arch.) A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of
the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is
a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See
Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
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2. (Zool.) A spiral turn, as in certain shells.
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3. (Zool.) Any voluta.
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Volute spiring, a spring formed of a spiral scroll of
plate, rod, or wire, extended or extensible in the
direction of the axis of the coil, in which direction its
elastic force is exerted and employed.
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aspiring
(wn) | aspiring
adj 1: desiring or striving for recognition or advancement [syn:
aspirant, aspiring(a), wishful] |
awe-inspiring
(wn) | awe-inspiring
adj 1: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an
amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring
sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this
sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some
hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing
majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" [syn: amazing,
awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing] |
inspiring
(wn) | inspiring
adj 1: stimulating or exalting to the spirit [ant:
uninspiring] |
transpiring
(wn) | transpiring
adj 1: that is passing through; "transpiring gas" |
uninspiring
(wn) | uninspiring
adj 1: depressing to the spirit; "a villa of uninspiring design"
[ant: inspiring] |
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