Definition of spire

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Spire (v. i.) To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire..

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Spire :: Spire (n.) A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
Snoring :: Snoring (n.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily..
Conchometer :: Conchometer (n.) An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire..
Conspire :: Conspire (v. t.) To plot; to plan; to combine for.
Taper :: Taper (n.) A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire..
Inspire :: Inspire (v. t.) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration..
Awe :: Awe (n.) The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence..
Sufflation :: Sufflate (v. t.) To blow up; to inflate; to inspire.
Threaten :: Threaten (v. t.) To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm, or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable; to warn..
Helicoid :: Helicoid (a.) Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell..
Soul :: Soul (n.) The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army..
Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..
Transpire :: Transpire (v. t.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
Encourage :: Encourage (v. t.) To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage..
Respire :: Respire (v. t.) To breathe out; to exhale.
Pant :: Pant (v. i.) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp..
Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.
Transpire :: Transpire (v. i.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.
Sweat :: Sweat (v. t.) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics..
Assurance :: Assurance (n.) The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
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