| • | To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. |
| • | To take breath; to rest from action. |
| • | To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently. |
| • | To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. |
| • | To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into. |
| • | To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow. |
| • | To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes. |
| • | To express; to manifest; to give forth. |
| • | To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. |
| • | To promote free respiration in; to exercise. |
| • | To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse. |
| • | To put out of breath; to exhaust. |
| • | To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. |
