Aspired

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aspire \As*pire"\, v. i. [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.
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              Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell;
              Aspiring to be angels, men rebel.     --Pope.
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     2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
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              My own breath still foments the fire,
              Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. --Waller.
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