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breathed

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breathed  (brtht)
adj.
1. also (brd) Linguistics Voiceless.
2. Having breath of a specified kind. Often used in combination: sour-breathed.

breathed [brɛθt briːðd]
adj
(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) Phonetics relating to or denoting a speech sound for whose articulation the vocal cords are not made to vibrate Compare voiced
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Adj.1.breathed - uttered without voicebreathed - uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers"
inaudible, unhearable - impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear; "an inaudible conversation"


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First he breathed light, upon the face of the matter or chaos; then he breathed light, into the face of man; and still he breatheth and inspireth light, into the face of his chosen.
And my lord he loves me well; But, when first he breathed his vow, I felt my bosom swell - For the words rang as a knell, And the voice seemed his who fell In the battle down the dell, And who is happy now.
He breathed with a sort of muffledness; then seemed troubled in the nose; then revolved over once or twice; then sat up and rubbed his eyes.
 
 
 
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