SPIRE, n. L. spira from the root of L. spiro, to breathe. The primary sense of the root is to throw, to drive, to send, but it implies a winding motion, like throw, warp, and many others.
1. A winding line like the threads of a screw any thing wreathed or contorted a curl a twist a wreath. His neck erect amidst his circling spires. A dragon's fiery form belied the god sublime on radiant spires he rode.
2. A body that shoots up to a point a tapering body a round pyramid or pyramidical body a steeple. With glist'ring spires and pinnacles adorn'd.
3. A stalk or blade of grass or other plant. How humble ought man to be, who cannot make a single spire or grass.
4. The top or uppermost point of a thing.
SPIRE,
1. To shoot to shoot up pyramidically.
2. To breathe. Not in use.
3. To sprout, as grain in malting.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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