| Respire 1. (v. i.) To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment. 2. (v. i.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood. 3. (v. t.) To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe. 4. (v. t.) To breathe out; to exhale. Thesaurus Entries be alive, be animate, blow, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, cough, draw breath, exhale, exhaust, exist, expel, expire, fetch breath, gasp, gulp, hack, have life, hiccup, huff, inhale, inspire, live, live and breathe, pant, puff, sigh, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, subsist, walk the earth, wheeze |