What does suspire mean?
Suspire means (literary or archaic) To breathe, especially to exhale.
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/səˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ · verb
(literary or archaic) To breathe, especially to exhale.
Fireflies that suspire / In short, soft lapses of transported flame.
To him that yesterday did suspire.
Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.
Use suspire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Suspire means (literary or archaic) To breathe, especially to exhale.
Common synonyms include breathe.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Fireflies that suspire / In short, soft lapses of transported flame.
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