Breathe \Breathe\ (br[=e][th]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Breathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Breathing.]

[From Breath.]

1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. ``I am in health, I breathe.'' --Shak.

Breathes there a man with soul so dead? --Sir W. Scott.

2. To take breath; to rest from action.

Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! --Shak.

3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.

The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. --Shak.

There breathes a living fragrance from the shore. --Byron.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)