ASPIRE


Meaning of ASPIRE in English

■ verb (usu. ~ to / to do something )

1》 direct one's hopes or ambitions towards achieving something.

2》 literary rise high; tower.

Origin

ME: from Fr. ~r or L. aspirant- , aspirare , from ad- 'to' + spirare 'breathe'.

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