Usually means: Inhale and exhale air continuously.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. respire: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. respire: Merriam-Webster
  3. respire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. respire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. respire: Collins English Dictionary
  6. respire: Vocabulary.com
  7. respire: Wordnik
  8. respire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. respire: Wiktionary
  10. respire: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. respire: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. respire: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. respire: Dictionary.com
  14. Respire (Mickey 3D song), Respire (film), Respire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Respire: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. respire: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. respire: Rhymezone
  18. Respire: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. respire: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. respire: FreeDictionary.org
  21. respire: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. respire: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. respire: Online Etymology Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. respire: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. respire: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. respire: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. respire: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To breathe in and out successively.
verb:  (intransitive) To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
verb:  (cytology, intransitive) To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide through oxidation.
verb:  (transitive) To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe.
verb:  (archaic, intransitive) To recover hope, courage, or strength after a time of difficulty.
noun:  (obsolete) Rest, respite.

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