Aspirate

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aspirated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Aspirating}.] [L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to
     breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare
     to breathe, blow. Cf. {Aspire}.]
     To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound;
     as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a


     vowel or a liquid consonant.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, n.
     1. A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like
        the sound of h; the breathing h or a character
        representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
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     2. A mark of aspiration ([asper]) used in Greek; the asper,
        or rough breathing. --Bentley.
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     3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd,
        or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
        [1913 Webster] Aspirate

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aspirate \As"pi*rate\ ([a^]s"p[i^]*r[asl]t), Aspirated
  \As"pi*ra"ted\ (-r[=a]"t[e^]d), a. [L. aspiratus, p. p.]
     Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
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           But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an
           aspiration as h.                         --Holder.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aspirate
       n : a consonant pronounced with aspiration
       v 1: remove as if by suction; "draw in air" [syn: {draw in}, {suck
            in}]
       2: pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
       3: suck in air

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "aspirate":
     breathe, breathe in, coo, draw in, inhale, inspire, maffle, mumble,
     murmur, mussitate, mutter, sigh, slurp, sniff, sniffle, snuff,
     snuff in, snuffle, suck, suck in, suckle, susurrate, whisper