"respire" in the verb sense
1. respire
breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
2. respire
undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
3. breathe, take a breath, respire, 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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