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sigh

sigh \'si-\ \'si-(-*)r\ vb [ME sihen, alter. of sichen, fr. OE si-can; akin 
   to MD ver]siken to sigh 1: to take a deep audible breath (as in weariness 
   or grief)  2: to make a sound like sighing {wind ~ing in the branches> 3: 
   GRIEVE, YEARN {~ing for the days of his youth } 1: to express by sighs  
   archaic  2: to utter sighs over : MOURN  - sigh n