Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to respire
Participle: respired
Gerund: respiring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | respire |
| you | respire |
| he;she;it | respires |
| we | respire |
| you | respire |
| they | respire |
Perfect
| I | have respired |
| you | have respired |
| he;she;it | has respired |
| we | have respired |
| you | have respired |
| they | have respired |
Past
| I | respired |
| you | respired |
| he;she;it | respired |
| we | respired |
| you | respired |
| they | respired |
Pluperfect
| I | had respired |
| you | had respired |
| he;she;it | had respired |
| we | had respired |
| you | had respired |
| they | had respired |
Future
| I | will respire |
| you | will respire |
| he;she;it | will respire |
| we | will respire |
| you | will respire |
| they | will respire |
Future Perfect
| I | will have respired |
| you | will have respired |
| he;she;it | will have respired |
| we | will have respired |
| you | will have respired |
| they | will have respired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | respire |
| you | respire |
| he;she;it | respire |
| we | respire |
| you | respire |
| they | respire |
Perfect
| I | have respired |
| you | have respired |
| he;she;it | have respired |
| we | have respired |
| you | have respired |
| they | have respired |
Imperfect
| I | respired |
| you | respired |
| he;she;it | respired |
| we | respired |
| you | respired |
| they | respired |
Pluperfect
| I | had respired |
| you | had respired |
| he;she;it | had respired |
| we | had respired |
| you | had respired |
| they | had respired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would respire |
| you | would respire |
| he;she;it | would respire |
| we | would respire |
| you | would respire |
| they | would respire |
Perfect
| I | would have respired |
| you | would have respired |
| he;she;it | would have respired |
| we | would have respired |
| you | would have respired |
| they | would have respired |
Imperative
| you | respire |
| we | Let's respire |
| you | respire |
Verbs conjugated like 'respire'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'respire'
respite,
aspire,
bespice,
bespirt,
desire,
despike,
despine,
despise,
despite,
expire,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1387, from O.Fr.
respirer, from L.
respirare "breathe again, breathe in and out," from
re- "again" +
spirare "to breathe" (see spirit).
Respiration is recorded from c.1430.
Respirator is first attested 1836, invented by Julius Jeffreys.
2. From Middle English respiren, borrowed from Old French respirer or Latin respīrō (“to blow back, breathe out”), from re- (“back”) + spīrō (“to breathe, blow”). See: Old French '
respirer', Latin '
respīrō'.
Verbs referencing "respire"
Ido respirar, Ladino respirar, Spanish
respirar.
Sample Sentences
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The breath of heav'n fresh-blowing, pure and sweet, / With day-spring born; here leave me to respire. [1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 10–11:]
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Second Day.—Hold the breath five seconds. Respire, and hold the breath ten seconds. Respire, and hold the breath fifteen seconds. [1888, Edmund Shaftesbury, Lessons in Artistic Deep Breathing for Strengthening the Voice, page 23:]
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All living things respire or breathe. To many of us this means that they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide. [1964, H. Webb, M. A. Grigg, Modern Science, Book 3, page 155:]
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It is my opinion, that these animals, while they continue in the state of larvae, respire water and not air; and that they inspire the water, not by the mask, but by their posterior part, through which also they discharge it. [1799, M. Lesser, Insecto-Theology: Or, a Demonstration of the Being and Perfections of God, from a Consideration of the Structure and Economy of Insects, page 327:]
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They were the last moments he might ever respire near her, who was then doubtless wrapt in peaceful sleep, whilst he wandered distracted without. [1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XI, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 139:]