suspire

verb /səˈspaɪə(ɹ)/

1. To breathe, especially to exhale

   archaic, literary

   Fireflies that suspire / In short, soft lapses of transported flame.

2. To sigh.

   literary

   The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.

   Now the New Year reviving old Desires,

Where it comes from

Late Middle English, from Latin suspīrāre. Cognate with Old French sospirer (modern soupirer) and Spanish suspirar.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry suspire (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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