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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Inhaled

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Inhaling

[L.

inhalare

to breathe upon; pref.

in-

in +

halare

to breathe: cf. F.

inhaler

. Cf.

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire;

as, to

inhale

air

; – opposed to

exhale

Martin was walking forth to

inhale

the fresh breeze of the evening.

Arbuthnot.

Verb.

[L. inhalo; in and halo, to breathe.]

To draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; opposed to exhale and expire.

Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening.