To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.
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To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
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To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
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To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
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To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
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To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
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A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glotti…
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To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.
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To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
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To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
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To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or invol…
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To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.
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To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
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To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate.
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The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh.
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The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh.
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To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
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To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
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To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.
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To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
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To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
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To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
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To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or invol…
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