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parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc. Melted as breath into the wind. Shak.

Such as can be breathed.

State of being breathable.

To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott.

One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.

Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. [Obs.]

Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. Subject to a difficulty of breathing. Melmoth.

Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.

In a breathless manner.

The state of being breathless or out of breath.

The act of breathing in; inspiration. [R.] The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost. W. Lee.

To infuse by breathing; to inspire. Coleridge.

Breathing or exhaling incense. "Incense-breathing morn." Gray.

Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long- winded.

To breathe forth. "Outbreathed life." Spenser.

To breathe again.

Having short-breath, or quick respiration.

Not breathed.

To breathe up or out; to exhale. [Obs.] Marston.

Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.