Definition of Aspire

(v. t.)
To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
  

(n.)
Aspiration.
  

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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. aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels, men rebel.
2. to rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar. my own breath still foments the fire, which flames as high as fancy can aspire.
aspire
\as*pire"\, v. t. to aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to. [obs.] that gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.
aspire
\as*pire"\, n. aspiration. [obs.]

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To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.

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to be ambitious; to rise; to mount up to (obs).

      persia      praise

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Verb
1. have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
(synonym) draw a bead on, aim, shoot for
(hypernym) plan, be after
(hyponym) overshoot
(derivation) ambition, aspiration, dream

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