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Webster 1913 Edition
Sneeze
Sneeze
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sneezed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sneezing
.] [OE.
snesen
; of uncertain origin; cf. D. snuse
to sniff, E. neese
, and AS. fneósan
.] To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.
Not to be sneezed at
, not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly.
[Colloq.]
“He had to do with old women who were not to be sneezed at.” Prof. Wilson.
Sneeze
,Noun.
A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sneeze
SNEEZE
, v.i.To emit air through the nose audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irriatation of the inner membrance of the nose. Thus snuff or any thing that tickles the nose, makes one sneeze.