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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Breathe \Breathe\ (br[=e][th]), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Breathed} (br[=e][th]d); 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 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.
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
breathed \breathed\ (br[e^]tht), adjective having breath or breath as specified; usually used in combination; as, sweet-breathed. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
breathed \breathed\ (br[=e][th]d), adjective uttered without voice.
Syn: voiceless. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
breathed
adjective
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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