Meaning of ASPIRATE
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'aspurut, [v]'aspu`reyt
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- [n] a consonant pronounced with aspiration
- [v] suck in air
- [v] pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
- [v] remove as if by suction; "draw in air"
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| | Synonyms: | | draw in, suck in |
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| | See Also: | | articulate, breathe in, consonant, enounce, enunciate, inhale, inspire, pronounce, remove, say, sound out, take, take away, withdraw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\As"pi*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aspirated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Aspirating}.] [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.
\As"pi*rate\, 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.
2. A mark of aspiration ([asper]) used in Greek; the asper,
or rough breathing. --Bentley.
3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd,
or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
\As"pi*rate\ ([a^]s"p[i^]*r[asl]t), Aspirated
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| | Definition: | | Fluid withdrawn from a lump, often a cyst, or a nipple. |
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| | Related Terms: | | breathe, breathe in, coo, draw in, inhale, inspire, maffle, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, sigh, slurp, sniff, sniffle, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, suck, suck in, suckle, susurrate, whisper |
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