aspirate
(noun) a consonant pronounced with aspiration
aspirate
(verb) inhale (air, water, etc.)
aspirate
(verb) pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
aspirate, draw out, suck out
(verb) remove by suction; “aspirate the wound”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aspirate (plural aspirates)
(linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive consonant.
(linguistics) A sound produced by such a puff of air.
A mark of aspiration (#) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
aspirate (third-person singular simple present aspirates, present participle aspirating, simple past and past participle aspirated)
(transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
(transitive) To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
(ambitransitive, linguistics) To produce an audible puff of breath. especially following a consonant.
• (inhale): breathe in, inhale, inspire
aspirate (comparative more aspirate, superlative most aspirate)
aspirated
• parasite, pastiera, septaria
Source: Wiktionary
As"pi*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspirated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aspirating.] Etym: [L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare to breathe, blow. Cf. Aspire.]
Definition: 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 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, As"pi*ra"ted, a. Etym: [L. aspiratus, p. p.]
Definition: Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath. But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h. Holder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 June 2025
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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
