Part 1372

<blockquote>Able to <b>breathe</b> life into a stone. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and <b>breathed</b> into his nostrils the breath of life. <i>Gen. ii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; <as>as, to <ex>breathe</ex> a vow</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He softly <b>breathed</b> thy name. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Or let the church, our mother, <b>breathe</b> her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To exhale; to emit, as breath; <as>as, the flowers <ex>breathe</ex> odors or perfumes</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To express; to manifest; to give forth.</def>

<blockquote>Others articles <b>breathe</b> the same severe spirit. <i>Milner.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.</def> "They <i>breathe</i> the flute."

<i>Prior.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To promote free respiration in; to exercise.</def>

<blockquote>And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to <b>breathe</b> themselves upon thee. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; <as>as, to <ex>breathe</ex> a horse</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A moment <b>breathed</b> his panting steed. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To put out of breath; to exhaust.</def>

<blockquote>Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little <b>breathed</b> by the journey up. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.</def>

<blockquote>The same sound may be pronounces either <b>breathed</b>, voiced, or whispered. <i>H. Sweet.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Breathed</b> elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged <note>[in whispering]</note>. <i>H. Sweet.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To breathe again</col>, <cd>to take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business.</cd> -- <col>To breathe one's last</col>, <cd>to die; to expire.</cd> -- <col>To breathe a vein</col>, <cd>to open a vein; to let blood.</cd></cs>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Breather</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Breath"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who breathes. Hence: <sd>(a)</sd> One who lives.<sd>(b)</sd> One who utters. <sd>(c)</sd> One who animates or inspires.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Breathful</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Breath"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Breathing</h1> <Xpage=178>

<hw>Breath"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.</def>