Definition of aspires

"aspires" in the verb sense

1. draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for

have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

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Quotations for aspires

A poor man who aspires to ape the manners and habits of the rich, is sure to be ruined. [ Phaedrus ]

Youth is presumptuous, old age is timid: the former aspires to live, the latter has lived. [ Mme. Roland ]

He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child. [ Macaulay ]

Man is neither an angel nor a brute, and it is his evil destiny if he aspires to be the former, to sink into the latter. [ Pascal ]

He that aspires to be the head of a party will find it more difficult to please his friends than to perplex his foes. He must often act from false reasons, which are weak, because he dares not avow the true reasons, which are strong. [ Colton ]

Did you ever hear of a man who had striven all his life faithfully and singly towards an object, and in no measure obtained it? If a man constantly aspires, is he not elevated? Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them, - that it was a vain endeavor? [ Thoreau ]

aspires in Scrabble®

The word aspires is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters aspires:

PARESIS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPIREAS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRAISES
(86 = 36 + 50)
PARESIS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPIREAS
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ASPIRES
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PRAISES
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ASPIRES
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (4 words)

aspires, paresis, praises, spireas

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word aspires

ASPIRES
(86 = 36 + 50)
ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In aspires

PARESIS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SPIREAS
(86 = 36 + 50)
PRAISES
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PARESIS
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PARESIS
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aspires in Words With Friends™

The word aspires is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters aspires:

SPIREAS
(95 = 60 + 35)
PARESIS
(95 = 60 + 35)
ASPIRES
(95 = 60 + 35)
PRAISES
(95 = 60 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (4 words)

aspires, paresis, praises, spireas

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word aspires

ASPIRES
(95 = 60 + 35)
ASPIRES
(77 = 42 + 35)
ASPIRES
(77 = 42 + 35)
ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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ASPIRES
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In aspires

SPIREAS
(95 = 60 + 35)
PARESIS
(95 = 60 + 35)
ASPIRES
(95 = 60 + 35)
PRAISES
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PARESIS
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SPIRE
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SPIER
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SPARE
(48)
PEARS
(48)
SPIREAS
(48 = 13 + 35)
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PIERS
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Words containing the sequence aspires

Words that start with aspires (1 word)

Words with aspires in them (1 word)

Words that end with aspires (1 word)

Word Growth involving aspires

Shorter words in aspires

as asp aspire

re ire spire aspire

pi spire aspire

re ire ires spires

re ire spire spires

pi spire spires

Longer words containing aspires

(No longer words found)