Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aspire \As*pire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aspired}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Aspiring}.] [F. aspirer, L. aspirare. See {Aspirate}, v.
   t.]
   1. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high
      or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after,
      and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire
      after immorality.

            Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; Aspiring to be
            angels, men rebel.                    --Pope.

   2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

            My own breath still foments the fire, Which flames
            as high as fancy can aspire.          --Waller.