v. i.
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 ]
Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
There breathes a living fragrance from the shore. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Able to breathe life into a stone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. Gen. ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
He softly breathed thy name. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse,
A mother's curse, on her revolting son. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Others articles breathe the same severe spirit. Milner. [ 1913 Webster ]
And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A moment breathed his panting steed. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]
Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged [ in whispering ]. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]
To breathe again,
To breathe one's last,
To breathe a vein,
adj. uttered without voice.
adj. having breath or breath as specified; usually used in combination;
n.
to take a breather, i.e. to pause for refreshment. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]