Definition of Respires

1. Verb. (third-person singular of respire) ¹

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Definition of Respires

1. respire [v] - See also: respire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Respires

respiratory syncytial virus
respiratory syncytial virus infections
respiratory syncytial viruses
respiratory system
respiratory system agents
respiratory systems
respiratory therapy
respiratory tract
respiratory tract fistula
respiratory tract infection
respiratory tracts
respiratory transport
respire
respired
respires (current term)
respiring
respiritualize
respiritualized
respiritualizes
respirocyte
respirocytes
respirologist
respirologists
respirometer
respirometers
respirometric
respirometries
respirometry
respit

Literary usage of Respires

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1862)
"Contrast, for example, the blubber of the whale, who breathes with lungs, with many a lean, voracious, coldblooded animal that respires with gills. ..."

2. The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure, Functions by John Fleming (1822)
"... in regard to its mode of respiration,—in other words, it is a reptile which respires air mixed with water, while others respire atmospheric air: so that ..."

3. Heredity, Health and Personal Beauty by John Vietch Shoemaker (1890)
"The unborn child, as we have already incidentally mentioned, respires entirely by means of the placenta of the mother,—a temporary organ of vascular ..."

4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"The newt then seeks to leave the water, respires atmospheric air only, and goes on to sexual maturity. In some circumstances individuals of this species ..."

5. The Organon, Or Logical Treatises, of Aristotle: With the Introduction of by Aristotle, Octavius Freire Owen, Porphyry (1853)
"... but the possession of lungs, which cause however is not assigned. BA Ex. 4. Whatever respires is an animal CA No wall is an animal CB . •. ..."

6. The Organon, Or: Logical Treatises, of Aristotle. With the Introduction of by Aristotle (1908)
"Whatever respires is an animal CA No wall is an animal CB . •. No wall respires. 2 Remote causes being adduced resemble hyperboles, in that more ii said ..."

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