Aspirating

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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.
     [1913 Webster]