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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aspire \As*pire"\, verb (used without an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aspiring \As*pir"ing\, adjective That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. -- {As*pir"ing*ly}, adverb -- {As*pir"ing*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aspiring
adjective
1: seeking advancement or recognition [syn: {aspirant}, {aspiring(p)}, {wishful}, {would-be(a)}]
2: desiring or striving for recognition or advancement [syn: {aspirant}, {aspiring(a)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "aspiring": Olympian, aerial, airy, altitudinous, ambitious, ascending, assured, careerist, careeristic, colossal, confident, dominating, elevated, eminent, ethereal, exalted, expectant, fond, full of hope, haughty, high, high-flying, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up, hopeful, hoping, in good heart, in hopes, lofty, monumental, mounting, of good cheer, of good hope, on the make, outtopping, overlooking, overtopping, power-hungry, prominent, sanguine, sky-aspiring, soaring, social-climbing, spiring, steep, sublime, superlative, supernal, topless, toplofty, topping, towering, towery, undespairing, uplifted, upreared
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