All 3 Uses of

aspire
in
Utopia, by Thomas More

and to restrain the people, that they might not become too insolent—and that none might factiously aspire to public employments, which ought neither to be sold nor made burdensome by a great expense, since otherwise those that serve in them would be tempted to reimburse themselves by cheats and violence, and it would become necessary to find out rich men for undergoing those employments, which ought rather to be trusted to the wise.†

aspire = hope to be successful

If any man aspires to any office he is sure never to compass it.†
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aspires = hopes to be successful

If this method does not succeed with them, then they sow seeds of contention among their enemies, and animate the prince's brother, or some of the nobility, to aspire to the crown.†

aspire = hope to be successful

Definition:

to hope to be successful -- especially in a career