aspiration

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ASPIRA'TION, noun 1. The pronunciation of a letter with a full emission of breath. 2. A breathing after; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly of spiritual blessings. 3. The act of aspiring or of ardently desiring what is noble or spiritual.
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