What does respire mean?
Respire means (intransitive) To breathe in and out successively..
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/ɹɪˈspʌɪə/ · verb
(intransitive) To breathe in and out successively..
All living things respire or breathe. To many of us this means that they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.
It is my opinion, that these animals, while they continue in the state of larvae, respire water and not air; and that they inspire the water, not by the mask, but by their posterior part, through which also they discharge it.
They were the last moments he might ever respire near her, who was then doubtless wrapt in peaceful sleep, whilst he wandered distracted without.
He cast to suffer him no more respire, But gan his sturdie sterne about to weld, And him so strongly stroke, that to the ground him feld.
Use respire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Respire means (intransitive) To breathe in and out successively..
Common synonyms include breathe, draw breath, inbreathe, spire.
Possible antonyms include unable, not able.
All living things respire or breathe. To many of us this means that they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.
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