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Webster 1913 Edition

(brĕth′lĕs)

Adj.

Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.

Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath;

as,

breathless

attention

But

breathless

, as we grow when feeling most.

Byron.

Dead;

as, a

breathless

body

Adj.

breth'less. Being out of breath; spent with labor or violent action.

Dead; as a breathless body.