respire

Verb

Verb Forms: respired, respiring, respires

To breathe; to inhale and exhale.
breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
To breathe in and out successively.
To breathe in and out successively.
To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide (as animals do), or vice versa (as plants do).
To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe.
To recover hope, courage, or strength after a time of difficulty.

Noun

Rest, respite.

Examples

After a nail-biting turn, the Scrabble player finally allowed himself to respires normally.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English respiren, borrowed from Old French respirer or Latin respīrō (“to blow back, breathe out”), from re- (“back”) + spīrō (“to breathe, blow”).

Synonyms

breathe, suspire, take a breath, breathe#Verb, draw breath, inbreathe, spire

Scrabble Score: 9

respire: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
respire: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
respire: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

respire: valid Words With Friends Word