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Definition of Respires
1. respire [v] - See also: respire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Respires
Literary usage of Respires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1862)
"Contrast, for example, the blubber of the whale, who breathes with lungs, with
many a lean, voracious, coldblooded animal that respires with gills. ..."
2. The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure, Functions by John Fleming (1822)
"... in regard to its mode of respiration,—in other words, it is a reptile which
respires air mixed with water, while others respire atmospheric air: so that ..."
3. Heredity, Health and Personal Beauty by John Vietch Shoemaker (1890)
"The unborn child, as we have already incidentally mentioned, respires entirely
by means of the placenta of the mother,—a temporary organ of vascular ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"The newt then seeks to leave the water, respires atmospheric air only, and goes
on to sexual maturity. In some circumstances individuals of this species ..."
5. The Organon, Or Logical Treatises, of Aristotle: With the Introduction of by Aristotle, Octavius Freire Owen, Porphyry (1853)
"... but the possession of lungs, which cause however is not assigned. BA Ex. 4.
Whatever respires is an animal CA No wall is an animal CB . •. ..."
6. The Organon, Or: Logical Treatises, of Aristotle. With the Introduction of by Aristotle (1908)
"Whatever respires is an animal CA No wall is an animal CB . •. No wall respires.
2 Remote causes being adduced resemble hyperboles, in that more ii said ..."
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