RESPIRES Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

respires

verb

present tense third-person singular of respire

as in breathes

to inhale and exhale air though unconscious, the patient is still respiring

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Using the likeness of late actor Toshiro Mifune certainly helps, but there’s a lot of subtle and not-so-subtle facial work in this game that breathes life into Miyamoto Musashi, the titular Onimusha.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Everything in the country breathes; nature and even furnishings are alive, vivid under the stress of uncertainty.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

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