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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Breathe \Breathe\ (br[=e][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Breathed};
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.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead? --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To take breath; to rest from action
Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! --Shak.
3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to
emanate; to blow gently.
The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --Shak.
There breathes a living fragrance from the shore.
--Byron.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
breathed
adj 1: having breath or breath as specified; usually used in
combination; "sweet-breathed"
2: uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea,
`Help me'"; "voiceless whispers" [syn: {voiceless}]
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