(1):
(v. t.) To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
(2):
(v. t.) To inject by breathing; to infuse; - with into.
(3):
(v. t.) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
(4):
(v. i.) To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
(5):
(v. i.) To take breath; to rest from action.
(6):
(v. i.) To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
(7):
(v. t.) To put out of breath; to exhaust.
(8):
(v. t.) To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
(9):
(v. t.) To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
(10):
(v. t.) To express; to manifest; to give forth.
(11):
(v. t.) To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
(12):
(v. t.) To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
(13):
(v. t.) To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.