re-spīrō āvī, ātus, āre, to blow back, breathe back, breathe out, exhale: ex eā pars redditur respirando.

—To take breath, breathe, respire: propius fore eos ad respirandum: Clin. O Clitopho, Timeo. Clit. respira, T.: ter deciens, Iu.

—Fig., to fetch breath, recover breath, recover, revive, be relieved, be refreshed: (improbitas) numquam sinit eum respirare: si armis positis civitas respiraverit{*} respiravi, liberatus sum: nec respirare potestas, V.: ita respiratum, mittique legationes, coeptae, L.: ab eorum mixtis precibus minisque, L.

—To abate, diminish, cease, pause: oppugnatio respiravit: respirasset cupiditas.