Aspiring

4 definitions found

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

  Aspiring \As*pir"ing\, a.
     That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. -- {As*pir"ing*ly}, adv.
     -- {As*pir"ing*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aspiring
       adj 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