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respire v. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
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respire v. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
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respire v. [
breathe, take a breath, suspire] draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
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