1.  respire(v = verb.body) - breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety;
is one way to breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath
Derived form adjective respiratory₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

2.  respire(v = verb.body) - undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide;
is one way to undergo
Derived forms noun respiration₁, noun respiration₃, adjective respiratory₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

3.  respire(v = verb.body) breathe, suspire, take a breath - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
Derived forms noun respiration₃, noun respirator₁, adjective respiratory₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something

1.  To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
"Here leave me to respire." [1913 Webster]
"From the mountains where I now respire." [1913 Webster]

2.  To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood. [1913 Webster]

1.  To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe. [1913 Webster]
"A native of the land where I respire
The clear air for a while." [1913 Webster]

2.  To breathe out; to exhale. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

respire, v.
1 intr. breathe air.
2 intr. inhale and exhale air.
3 intr. (of a plant) carry out respiration.
4 tr. breathe (air etc.).
5 intr. breathe again; take a breath.
6 intr. get rest or respite; recover hope or spirit.

Derivative:
respiratory adj.

Etymology:
ME f. OF respirer or f. L respirare (as RE-, spirare breathe)

VB  brace, reinvigorate, air, freshen up, refresh, recruit, repair, fan, refocillate, refresh the inner man, breathe, respire, drink in the ozone, take a break, take a breather, take five, draw breath, take a deep breath, take breath, gather breath, take a long breath, regain breath, recover breath, get better, raise one's head, recover one's strength, regain one's strength, renew one's strength, perk up, get one's second wind, come to oneself, feel refreshed, feel like a giant refreshed.

VB  blow, waft, blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane, wuther, stream, issue, respire, breathe, puff, whiff, whiffle, gasp, wheeze, snuff, snuffle, sniff, sniffle, sneeze, cough, fan, ventilate, inflate, perflate, blow up.

VB  be alive, live, breathe, respire, subsist, walk the earth, strut and fret one's hour upon the stage, be spared, see the light, be born, come into the world, fetch breath, draw breath, fetch the breath of life, draw the breath of life, quicken, revive, come to life, give birth to, bring to life, put into life, vitalize, vivify, vivificate, reanimate, keep alive, keep body and soul together, keep the wolf from the door, support life, hive nine lives like a cat.