to breathe a vein

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to breathe a vein - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Breathe \Breathe\, v. t.
     1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to
        respire.
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              To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital
              air.                                  --Dryden.
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     2. To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.
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              Able to breathe life into a stone.    --Shak.
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              And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the
              ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
              life.                                 --Gen. ii. 7.
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     3. To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to
        whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
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              He softly breathed thy name.          --Dryden.
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              Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse,
              A mother's curse, on her revolting son. --Shak.
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     4. To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe
        odors or perfumes.
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     5. To express; to manifest; to give forth.
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              Others articles breathe the same severe spirit.
                                                    --Milner.
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     6. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.
        "They breathe the flute." --Prior.
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     7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
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              And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast
              created for men to breathe themselves upon thee.
                                                    --Shak.
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     8. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural
        breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.
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              A moment breathed his panting steed.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     9. To put out of breath; to exhaust.
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              Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little
              breathed by the journey up.           --Dickens.
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     10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal
         consonants.
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               The same sound may be pronounces either breathed,
               voiced, or whispered.                --H. Sweet.
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               Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain
               unchanged
  
     Note: [in whispering].                         --H. Sweet.
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     To breathe again, to take breath; to feel a sense of
        relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of
        business.
  
     To breathe one's last, to die; to expire.
  
     To breathe a vein, to open a vein; to let blood. --Dryden.
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