aspire

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

   I aspired to become a great artist.

2. 2
   verb

   To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.

   to aspire to / for / after / to do something; to aspire that something happens

3. 3
   verb

   To go as high as, to reach the top of (something).

   Thus ſhall my heart be ſtil combinde with thine, / Untill our bodies turne to Elements: / And both our ſoules aſpire celeſtiall thrones.

4. 4
   verb

   To move upward; to be very tall.

   In midſt of which a ſumptuous Temple ſtands, / That threats the ſtarres with her aſpiring toppe.

Etymology

From Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō (“breathe on; approach; desire”).