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Webster 1913 Edition
Pant
Pant
(pȧnt)
, Verb.
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.
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.
Hence:
To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; – often used with
for
or after
. As the hart
panteth
after the water brooks. Ps. xlii. 1.
Who
pants
for glory finds but short repose. Pope.
3.
To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; – said of the heart.
Spenser.
4.
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
[Poetic]
The whispering breeze
Pants
on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. Pope.
Pant
,Verb.
T.
1.
To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
There is a cavern where my spirit
Was
Was
panted
forth in anguish. Shelley.
2.
To long for; to be eager after.
[R.]
Then shall our hearts
pant
thee. Herbert.
Pant
,Noun.
1.
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
Drayton.
2.
A violent palpitation of the heart.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pant
P`ANT
, v.i.1.
To palpitate; to beat with preternatural violence or rapidity, as the heart in terror, or after hard labor, or in anxious desire or suspense. Yet might her piteous heart be seen to pant and quake.
2.
To have the breast heaving, as in short respiration or want of breath. Pluto pants for breath from out his cell.
3.
To play with intermission or declining strength. The whispering breeze
Pants on the leaves and dies upon the trees.
4.
To long; to desire ardently. Who pants for glory, finds but short repose.
As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Ps.42.
P`ANT
,Noun.