In the respiration of plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid exhaled, but in the light this
process is obscured by another process which goes on with more vigor, in which the plant inhales and
absorbs carbonic acid and exhales free oxygen.
Respirational
(Res`pi*ra"tion*al) a. Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirational difficulties.
Respirative
(Re*spir"a*tive) a. Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirative organs.
Respirator
(Res"pi*ra`tor) n. [Cf. F. respirateur.] A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or
nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it
tempers cold air passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors.
Respiratory
(Re*spir"a*to*ry) a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the
respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes.
Respiratory foods. (Physiol.) See 2d Note under Food, n., 1. — Respiratory tree (Zoöl.), the
branched internal gill of certain holothurians.
Respire
(Re*spire") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Respired (-sp?rd"); p. pr. & vvb. n. Respiring.] [L. respirare,
respiratum; pref. re- re- + spirare to breathe: cf. F. respirer. See Spirit.]
1. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment. Spenser.
Here leave me to respire.
Milton.
From the mountains where I now respire.
Byron. 2. (Physiol.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose
of maintaining the vitality of the blood.
Respire
(Re*spire"), v. t.
1. To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.
A native of the land where I respire
The clear air for a while.
Byron. 2. To breathe out; to exhale. [R.] B. Jonson.
Respite
(Res"pite) n. [OF. respit, F. répit, from L. respectus respect, regard, delay, in LL., the deferring
of a day. See Respect.]
1. A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
I crave but four day's respite.
Shak. 2. Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay. "Without
more respite." Chaucer.
Some pause and respite only I require.
Denham. 3. (Law) (a) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve. (b) The delay of
appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
Syn. — Pause; interval; stop; cessation; delay; postponement; stay; reprieve.
