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.-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.-a mark of aspiration (/) used in greek; the asper, or rough breathing.-an elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.-alt. of aspirated