to respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.-to take breath; to rest from action.-to pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.-to inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.-to inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.-to emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.-to exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.-to express; to manifest; to give forth.-to act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.-to promote free respiration in; to exercise.-to suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.-to put out of breath; to exhaust.-to utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.