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Word of the Day for Saturday, May 22, 2010 suspire \suh-SPAHY-uhr\, verb: To utter with long, sighing breaths. The beleaguered alligator will rise on his stubby legs, distend his body, open wide his cavernous jaws, suspire what is supposed to be a dreadful hiss but sounds more like a tired sigh, and then ferociously clash his jaws together. -- Archibald Rutledge, Monsters of the Swamp For, since the birth of Cain, the first male child,/ To him that did but yesterday suspire,/ There was not such a gracious creature born. -- William Shakespeare, The life and death of King John Suspire's origin is in the Latin suspirare, "to draw a long breath." Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help
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