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Dictionary Results for aspire:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
aspire
    v 1: have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: draw a bead
         on, aspire, aim, shoot for]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aspire \As*pire"\, n.
   Aspiration. [Obs.] --Chapman.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aspire \As*pire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aspired; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Aspiring.] [F. aspirer, L. aspirare. See Aspirate, v.
   t.]
   1. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high
      or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after,
      and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire
      after immorality.
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            Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell;
            Aspiring to be angels, men rebel.     --Pope.
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   2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
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            My own breath still foments the fire,
            Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. --Waller.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aspire \As*pire"\, v. t.
   To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
   [Obs.]
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         That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. --Shak.
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