1. (v. t.) To eagerly 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.

2. (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.

3. (v. t.) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.

4. (n.) Aspiration.

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