PANT

pant. Pant, v.i. to beat at the heart, long, wisht

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Pant (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting.] [[Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.]] 1. 1. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. Dryden. 2. 2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks. Ps. xlii. 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. Pope. 3. 3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; — said of the heart. Spenser.
4. 4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. Pope.