ASPIRATE
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As"pi*rate (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspirated (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Aspirating (&unr_;).] [L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare to breathe, blow. Cf. Aspire.] To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.
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As"pi*rate (&unr_;), n. 1. A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
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2. A mark of aspiration (&asper_;) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. Bentley.
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3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
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{ As"pi*rate (ăs"pĭ*r&auptack_;t), As"pi*ra"ted (-r&ā;"tĕd), } a. [L. aspiratus, p. p.] Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
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But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h.
Holder.
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