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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exhale \Ex*hale"\, v. i. To rise or be given off as vapor; to pass off or vanish. Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. --Prescott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exhale \Ex*hale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exaled}, p. pr & vb n.. {Exaling}.] [L. exhalare ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf {Inhale}.] 1. To breathe out Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out as an odor; to evaporate; as the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia. Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. --Pope. 2. To draw out to cause to be emitted in vapor; as the sum exhales the moisture of the earth. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exhale v 1: expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight" [syn: {expire}, {breathe out}] [ant: {inhale}] 2: give out as of breath or an odor; "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" [syn: {give forth}, {emanate}]
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