To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia. Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. Pope.
To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum exhales the moisture of the earth.
To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish. Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. Prescott.
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