Dictionary Check: respire

"respire" is a valid word!

Scrabble 9 points
Words with Friends 10 points

Definition

verb

breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

verb

undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide

verb

draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

Example: "I can breathe better when the air is clean"

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