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Webster 1913 Edition

Breathe

Breathe

(brēth)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Breathed
(brēthd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Breathing
.]
[From
Breath
.]
1.
To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
“I am in health, I breathe.”
Shak.
2.
To take breath; to rest from action.
Well!
breathe
awhile, and then to it again!
Shakespeare
3.
To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
The air
breathes
upon us here most sweetly.
Shakespeare
There
breathes
a living fragrance from the shore.
Byron.

Breathe

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
To view the light of heaven, and
breathe
the vital air.
Dryden.
2.
To inject by breathing; to infuse; – with into.
Able to
breathe
life into a stone.
Shakespeare
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life.
Gen. ii. 7.
3.
To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper;
as, to
breathe
a vow
.
He softly
breathed
thy name.
Dryden.
Or let the church, our mother,
breathe
her curse,
A mother’s curse, on her revolting son.
Shakespeare
4.
To exhale; to emit, as breath;
as, the flowers
breathe
odors or perfumes
.
5.
To express; to manifest; to give forth.
Others articles
breathe
the same severe spirit.
Milner.
6.
To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
“They breathe the flute.”
Prior.
7.
To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to
breathe
themselves upon thee.
Shakespeare
8.
To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest;
as, to
breathe
a horse
.
A moment
breathed
his panting steed.
Sir W. Scott.
9.
To put out of breath; to exhaust.
Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little
breathed
by the journey up.
Dickens.
10.
(Phonetics)
To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
The same sound may be pronounces either
breathed
, voiced, or whispered.
H. Sweet.
Breathed
elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged
[in whispering]
.
H. Sweet.
To breathe again
,
to take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business.
–
To breathe one's last
,
to die; to expire.
–
To breathe a vein
,
to open a vein; to let blood.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Breathe

BREATHE

,
Verb.
I.
To respire; to inspire and expire air. Hence, to live.
1.
To take breath; to rest from action; as, let them have time to breathe.
2.
To pass as air.
To whose foul mouth no wholesome air breathes in.

BREATHE

,
Verb.
T.
To inhale as air into the lungs and expel it; as, to breathe vital air.
1.
To inject by breathing; to infuse; followed by into.
And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. Gen.2.
2.
To expire; to eject by breathing; followed by out; as, to breathe out threatening and slaughter.
3.
To exercise; to keep in breath.
The greyhounds are as swift as brethed stage.
4.
To inspire or blow into; to cause to sound by breathing; as, to breathe the flute.
5.
To exhale; to emit as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfume.
6.
To utter softly or in private; as, to breathe a vow.
7.
To give air or vent to; to open; as, to breathe a vein.
8.
To express; to manifest.
Other articles breathe the same severe spirit.

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