aspire. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

aspire

SYLLABICATION:	as·pire
PRONUNCIATION:	-spr
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires 1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom. 2. To strive toward an end: aspiring to great knowledge. 3. To soar.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English aspiren, from aspirer, from Latin asprre, to desire. See aspirate.
OTHER FORMS:	as·pirer —NOUN as·piring·ly —ADVERB


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