Aspirated

2 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\ ([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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