SUSPIRE Meaning of SUSPIRE in English [ sə'spʌɪə ]■ verb literary breathe.Derivativessuspiration noun OriginME (in the sense 'yearn after'): from L. suspirare , from sub- 'from below' + spirare 'breathe'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004