[as.pi.ra.tion] n (14c) 1 a: audible breath that accompanies or comprises a speech sound b: the pronunciation or addition of an aspiration; also: the symbol of an aspiration
2: a drawing of something in, out, up, or through by or as if by suction: as a: the act of breathing and esp. of breathing in b: the withdrawal of fluid or tissue from the body c: the taking of foreign matter into the lungs with the respiratory current 3 a: a strong desire to achieve something high or great b: an object of such desire syn see ambition -- as.pi.ra.tion.al adj