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Definition of spire

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Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..

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Inspire :: Inspire (v. t.) To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing..

Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..

Eery :: Eery (a.) Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories..

Transpired :: Transpired (imp. & p. p.) of Transpir.

Inspirer :: Inspirer (n.) One who, or that which, inspirer..

Spire :: Spire (v. i.) To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire..

Plot :: Plot (v. i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire..

Theopneusted :: Theopneusted (a.) Divinely inspired; theopneustic.

Collude :: Collude (v. i.) To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.

Transpire :: Transpire (v. t.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.

Respire :: Respire (v. i.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood..

Anfractuous :: Anfractuous (a.) Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born..

Aspired :: Aspired (imp. & p. p.) of Aspir.

Coronated :: Coronated (a.) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.

Steeplechasing :: Steeple (n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire..

Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (n.) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc..

Awe :: Awe (v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.

Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.

Inspire :: Inspire (v. t.) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.

Conspirer :: Conspirer (n.) One who conspires; a conspirator.