Obs. [f. prec. vb.] Aspiration.
1562. J. Norton, in Farr’s S. P. (1845), II. 459. Heau’d vp, hurl’d downe, dismay’d, or in aspire.
1643. Sir T. Browne, Relig. Med., 76. Whose earthly fumes choak my devout aspires.
1667. H. More, Div. Dial., iii. § 28 (1713), 249. Thy serious Aspires … after the true knowledge of thy Maker.
