1. to breathe; to draw breath
Usage: archaic; literary
2. to sigh deeply
Usage: archaic; literary

Examples

• The dying man suspired his last breath.
• She suspired softly in the moonlight.
• The poet suspired with longing for his homeland.
• He suspired deeply before speaking.
• The lovers suspired together in the garden.
• The old woman suspired as she remembered her youth.