- Breathed
- Breathe Breathe (br[=e][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Breathed}
(br[=e][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breathing}.] [From {Breath}.]
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1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. ``I
am in health, I breathe.'' --Shak.
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Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! --Sir W. Scott [The Lay of the Last Minstrel]. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. To take breath; to rest from action. [1913 Webster]
Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently. [1913 Webster]
The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
There breathes a living fragrance from the shore. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
