Aspire

[ə'spaɪə] or [ə'spaɪr]

Definition

(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 rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

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

(n.) Aspiration.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Desire (earnestly), long.[2]. Ascend, rise, soar, tower, mount.

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Definition

v.i. to desire eagerly: to aim at high things: to tower up.—n. Aspirā′tion eager desire.—adj. Aspīr′ing.—adv. Aspīr′ingly.—n. Aspīr′ingness.

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