Sus*pire" (?), v. i. [L. suspirare to breathe out, to sigh; sub under + spirare to breathe: cf. F. souspirer, OF. souspirer.]
To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.
Shak.
Fireflies that suspire
In short, soft lapses of transported flame.
Mrs. Browning.
© Webster 1913.
Sus*pire", n. [Cf. L. suspirium.]
A long, deep breath; a sigh.
[Obs.]
© Webster 1913.