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