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▪ I. espire
obs. var. of expire.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 131/2 He espyred and deyed in grete payne.
▪ II. espire
? Mistake for enspire = inspire.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 62 Whan [= whom (sc. the Virgin Mary)] the holigost, with his swete brethe, Gan to espiren as for his chosen place. |