Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BREATHE
BREATHE, v.i.
- To respire; to inspire and expire air. Hence, to live. – Pope. Shak.
- To take breath; to rest from action; as, let them have time to breathe.
- To pass as air. To whose foul mouth no wholesome air breathes in. – Shak.
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