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In fact it is a Latin word:

From Latin aspīrāre = to breathe upon, pant after, a- +spīrāre = to breathe, to blow

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To long, aim, or seek ambitiously;

be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value

(usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):

to aspire after literaryimmortality; to aspire to bea doctor.

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