ASPIRATE

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (inhale): breathe in, inhale, inspire

Adjective

aspirate (comparative more aspirate, superlative most aspirate)

aspirated

Anagrams

• parasite, pastiera, septaria

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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