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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 As·pire v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aspired p. pr. & vb. n. Aspiring.]
 1. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.
 Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell;
 Aspiring to be angels, men rebel.   --Pope.
 2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
 My own breath still foments the fire,
 Which flames as high as fancy can aspire.   --Waller.