Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to suspire
Participle: suspired
Gerund: suspiring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | suspire |
| you | suspire |
| he;she;it | suspires |
| we | suspire |
| you | suspire |
| they | suspire |
Perfect
| I | have suspired |
| you | have suspired |
| he;she;it | has suspired |
| we | have suspired |
| you | have suspired |
| they | have suspired |
Past
| I | suspired |
| you | suspired |
| he;she;it | suspired |
| we | suspired |
| you | suspired |
| they | suspired |
Pluperfect
| I | had suspired |
| you | had suspired |
| he;she;it | had suspired |
| we | had suspired |
| you | had suspired |
| they | had suspired |
Future
| I | will suspire |
| you | will suspire |
| he;she;it | will suspire |
| we | will suspire |
| you | will suspire |
| they | will suspire |
Future Perfect
| I | will have suspired |
| you | will have suspired |
| he;she;it | will have suspired |
| we | will have suspired |
| you | will have suspired |
| they | will have suspired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | suspire |
| you | suspire |
| he;she;it | suspire |
| we | suspire |
| you | suspire |
| they | suspire |
Perfect
| I | have suspired |
| you | have suspired |
| he;she;it | have suspired |
| we | have suspired |
| you | have suspired |
| they | have suspired |
Imperfect
| I | suspired |
| you | suspired |
| he;she;it | suspired |
| we | suspired |
| you | suspired |
| they | suspired |
Pluperfect
| I | had suspired |
| you | had suspired |
| he;she;it | had suspired |
| we | had suspired |
| you | had suspired |
| they | had suspired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would suspire |
| you | would suspire |
| he;she;it | would suspire |
| we | would suspire |
| you | would suspire |
| they | would suspire |
Perfect
| I | would have suspired |
| you | would have suspired |
| he;she;it | would have suspired |
| we | would have suspired |
| you | would have suspired |
| they | would have suspired |
Imperative
| you | suspire |
| we | Let's suspire |
| you | suspire |
Verbs conjugated like 'suspire'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'suspire'
aspire,
inspire,
respire,
spire,
umpire,
bespice,
bespirt,
bumpfire,
C-spine,
conspire,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Late Middle English, from Latin suspīrāre. Cognate with Old French sospirer (modern soupirer) and Spanish suspirar. See: Latin '
suspīrō', Old French '
sospirer', Spanish '
suspirar'.
Verbs referencing "suspire"
Spanish
suspirar, Esperanto
sopiri.
Sample Sentences
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Fireflies that suspire / In short, soft lapses of transported flame. [1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Seventh Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:]
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To him that yesterday did suspire. [c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:]
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Now the New Year reviving old Desires,
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The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,
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Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough
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Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires. [1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 2:]