different between suspire vs suspired

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French suspirer (Modern soupirer), from Latin susp?r?re, present active infinitive of susp?r?. Cognate with Spanish suspirar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??spa??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Verb

suspire (third-person singular simple present suspires, present participle suspiring, simple past and past participle suspired)

1. (literary) To breathe.

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

2. (literary) To exhale.
3. (literary) To sigh.
   • 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

     Where the White Hand Of Moses on the Bough/Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.

Synonyms

• (to breathe): see Thesaurus:breathe

Related terms

• suspiral
• suspiration
• suspirious

Noun

suspire (plural suspires)

1. (obsolete) A long, deep breath; a sigh.

Anagrams

• pussier, rises up, uprises

Portuguese

Verb

suspire

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of suspirar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of suspirar
3. first-person singular imperative of suspirar
4. third-person singular imperative of suspirar

Spanish

Verb

suspire

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of suspirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of suspirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of suspirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of suspirar.

English

Verb

suspired

1. simple past tense and past participle of suspire

Adjective

suspired (comparative more suspired, superlative most suspired)

1. (obsolete) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)

Anagrams

• dispurse, prusside