Webster's English Dictionary

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breathe

breathe \'bre-th\ vb [ME brethen, fr. breth] obs  1a: to emit a fragrance 
   or aura  1b: to become manifest  2a: to draw air into and expel it from the 
   lungs : RESPIRE; bro adly : to take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide 
   through natural processes 2b: to inhale and exhale freely  3: LIVE  4: to 
   pause and rest before continuing  5: to blow softly  6: to use air to 
   support combustion  1a: to send out by exhaling  1b: to instill by or as if 
   by breathing {~ new life into the movem ent} 2a: UTTER, EXPRESS  2b: 
   MANIFEST, EVINCE  3: to give rest from exertion to  4: to take in in 
   breathing