[as.pire] vi as.pired ; as.pir.ing [ME, fr. MF or L; MF aspirer, fr. L aspirare, lit., to breathe upon, fr. ad- + spirare to breathe] (14c) 1: to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal "aspired to a career in medicine"
2: ascend, soar -- as.pir.er n