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Webster 1913 Edition


Exhale

Ex-hale′

(ĕks-hāl′ or ĕgz-āl′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exaled
,
p. pr. & vb. n.
.
Exaling
.]
[L.
exhalare
;
ex
out +
halare
to breathe; cf.F.
exhaler
. Cf.
Inhale
.]
1.
To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate;
as, the earth
exhales
vapor; marshes
exhale
noxious effluvia.
Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose
exhales
.
Pope.
2.
To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor;
as, the sun
exhales
the moisture of the earth
.

Ex-hale′

,
Verb.
I.
To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.
Their inspiration
exhaled
in elegies.
Prescott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exhale

EXHA'LE

,
Verb.
T.
egzha'le. [L. exhalo; ex and halo, to breathe, to send forth vapor.]
1.
To send out; to emit; as vapor, or minute particles of a fluid or other substance. The rose exhales a fragrant odor. The earth exhales vapor. Marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
2.
To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor or minute particles; to evaporate. The sun exhales the moisture of the earth.

Definition 2024


exhalé

exhalé

See also: exhale

French

Verb

exhalé m (feminine singular exhalée, masculine plural exhalés, feminine plural exhalées)

  1. past participle of exhaler

Spanish

Verb

exhalé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of exhalar.