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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

aspire have a desire for something above one XV; rise up, mount XVI. — (O)F. aspirer or L. aspīrāre have an ambition, etc., f. AD- + spīrāre breathe.
So aspirant XVIII. — F. or L. aspirate adj. XVII; sb. XVIII. — pp. of L. aspīrāre. aspirate vb. XVIII. aspiration XIV. — (O)F. — L.

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aspire

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

as·pire / əˈspī(ə)r/ • v. [intr.] direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something: we never thought that we might aspire to those heights. ∎ poetic/lit. rise high; tower.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

aspire •acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah •homebuyer

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