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Definition of Aspires
1. aspire [v] - See also: aspire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aspires
Literary usage of Aspires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to the Study of Sociology by Edward Cary Hayes (1918)
"America aspires to world leadership not through war and conquest, but through
ideas and ideals, through developed wisdom, rectified valuations and ..."
2. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... throne the king aspires.—When Henry IV. of Castile died, he declared that the
infanta Joanna was his heiress, in preference to his sister, ..."
3. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1899)
"Lord William Bentinck aspires to go to India— His Disappointment —The Duke of
York's Duel with Colonel ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1848)
"Harold the Dauntless published— Scott aspires to be a Baron of the Exchequer —
Letter to the Duke of Buccleuch concerning Poachers, §c First attack of Cramp ..."
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