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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Aspirated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aspirating}.] [L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare to breathe, blow. Cf. {Aspire}.] To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, noun
1. A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
2. A mark of aspiration ([asper]) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. --Bentley.
3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aspirate \As"pi*rate\ ([a^]s"p[i^]*r[asl]t), Aspirated \As"pi*ra"ted\ (-r[=a]"t[e^]d), adjective [L. aspiratus, p. p.] Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h. --Holder.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aspirate
noun: a consonant pronounced with aspiration
verb
1: remove as if by suction; "draw in air" [syn: {draw in}, {suck in}]
2: pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
3: suck in air
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "aspirate": breathe, breathe in, coo, draw in, inhale, inspire, maffle, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, sigh, slurp, sniff, sniffle, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, suck, suck in, suckle, susurrate, whisper
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