Both Uses of
aspire
in
Emma
- At the same time, nobody could wonder if Mr. Elton should have aspired—Miss Woodhouse lets me chatter on, so good-humouredly.†
Chpt 2.3-4 *
- The delightful assurance of her total indifference towards Frank Churchill, of her having a heart completely disengaged from him, had given birth to the hope, that, in time, he might gain her affection himself;—but it had been no present hope—he had only, in the momentary conquest of eagerness over judgment, aspired to be told that she did not forbid his attempt to attach her.†
Chpt 3.13-14
Definition:
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(aspire) to hope to be successful -- especially in a career