Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exhale"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exhale \Ex*hale"\, v. i.
To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.
Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. --Prescott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exhale \Ex*hale"\, v. 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 sum
exhales the moisture of the earth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exhale
v 1: expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight" [syn: {expire},
{breathe out}] [ant: {inhale}]
2: give out, as of breath or an odor; "The chimney exhales a
thick smoke" [syn: {give forth}, {emanate}]
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