BREATHE

breathe. Breathe, v. to respire, live, take breath or rest, move as air, exhale, give vent, utter silently, make to sund

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Breathe (brēt͡h), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Breathed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Breathing.] [[From Breath.]] 1. 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. “I am in health, I breathe.” Shak.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead? Sir W. Scott. 2. 2. To take breath; to rest from action.
Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3. 3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. Shak. There breathes a living fragrance from the shore. Byron.