Both Uses of
aspire
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
- A Tito to aspire to Berenice?†
Act 1 *aspire = hope to be successful
- To be loved for beauty— A poor disguise that time so soon wears threadbare— Must be to noble souls—to souls aspiring— A torture.†
Act 4aspiring = hoping to be successful
Definition:
to hope to be successful -- especially in a career