ASPIRATE

aspirate. Aspirate, v.t. to pronounce with a full emission of breath

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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.