meaning of respire
1. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
2. To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.
3. To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.
4. To breathe out; to exhale.
5. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is
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