anhele means to yearn for, or to pant. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Why this word is great
ANHELE — [Verb] To yearn with breathless intensity, or to breathe with difficulty; to pant from profound emotion or exertion. From the Latin anhēlāre ("to gasp, pant, breathe with difficulty"), from an- (intensive prefix) + hālāre ("to breathe"). Unlike "aspire," which implies a lofty, cerebral ambition, or "pine," which suggests a melancholic languor, "anhele" fuses a visceral longing with the physical strain for air. It is the exhausted gasp at a mountain's summit, the lover's silent stare at a receding train, the ragged breath over a letter that can never be sent—the body's mute testament that all profound wanting is, ultimately, a kind of breathlessness.
verb
- To yearn for, or to pant.“All men know that we be here gathered, and with most fervent desire, they anheale, breathe, and gape for the fruit of our convocation; as our acts shall be, so they shall name us; […]”