plural of aspirement

A surname from Armenian.

(transitive, nautical) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular. / To reach a highest degree or maximum. / To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.

(transitive) To absorb (fluid). / (slang, chiefly with to) To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour. / To fellate (a person)