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Aspire (verb)
To hope or dream; especially to hope or work towards a profession or occupation (followed by to as a preposition or infinitive particle).
“He aspires to become a successful doctor.”
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Aspire (verb)
To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
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Aspire (verb)
To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
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Inspire (verb)
To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
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Inspire (verb)
To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
“Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.”
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Inspire (verb)
To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
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Inspire (verb)
To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
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Inspire (verb)
To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
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Inspire (verb)
To spread rumour indirectly.