"'spire" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: 'spires [present, singular, third-person], 'spiring [participle, present], 'spired [participle, past], 'spired [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} 'spire (third-person singular simple present 'spires, present participle 'spiring, simple past and past participle 'spired)
  1. (informal, dialectal) Aphetic form of inspire. Tags: dialectal, informal
    Sense id: en-'spire-en-verb-OG~HoBvY

Inflected forms

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