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

  Sigh \Sigh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sighed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Sighing}.] [OE. sighen, si?en; cf. also OE. siken, AS.
     s[imac]can, and OE. sighten, si?ten, sichten, AS. siccettan;
     all, perhaps, of imitative origin.]
     1. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and
        immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible


        respiration, especially as the result or involuntary
        expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the
        like.
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     2. Hence, to lament; to grieve.
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              He sighed deeply in his spirit.       --Mark viii.
                                                    12.
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     3. To make a sound like sighing.
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              And the coming wind did roar more loud,
              And the sails did sigh like sedge.    --Coleridge.
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              The winter winds are wearily sighing. --Tennyson.
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     Note: An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as
           s[imac]th is still heard in England and among the
           illiterate in the United States.
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