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Aspirate

Ăs'pi-rāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ASPIRATED; p. pr. & vb. n. ASPIRATING.] [Lat. aspirare, to breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h, from ad and spirare, to breathe, blow.] To pronounce with a breathing or forcing out of breath. We aspirate the words horse and house.

Ăs'pi-rāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To give or impart a strong breathing. “Our W and H aspirate.” Dryden.

Ăs’pi-rate, n.

noun

(45), n. [See infra.] 1. A letter marked with an asper, or note of breathing.

A mark of aspiration (῾) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. Bentley.
An elementary sound produced by the breath alone, without the voice; a whispered, surd, or non-vocal consonant.

As'pi-rate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare.] Pronounced with a rough breathing. They are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h. Holder.