Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To eagerly to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality. 2. (v. t.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar. 3. (v. t.) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to. 4. (n.) Aspiration.

Multi-Version Concordance Aspire (2 Occurrences) Galatians 1:10 For is it man's favour or God's that I aspire to? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still a man-pleaser, I should not be Christ's bondservant. (WEY) 1 Thessalonians 4:11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; (See RSV)