Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Respire \Re*spire"\ (r?*sp?r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Respired}
   (-sp?rd"); p. pr. & vvb. n. {Respiring}.] [L. respirare,
   respiratum; pref. re- re- + spirare to breathe: cf. F.
   respirer. See {Spirit}.]
   1. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
      --Spenser.

            Here leave me to respire.             --Milton.

            From the mountains where I now respire. --Byron.

   2. (Physiol.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and
      exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of
      maintaining the vitality of the blood.