ASPIRATE
\ˈaspəɹˌe͡ɪt], \ˈaspəɹˌeɪt], \ˈa_s_p_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of ASPIRATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
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Alt. of Aspirated
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A mark of aspiration used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
By Oddity Software
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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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An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
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Alt. of Aspirated
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A mark of aspiration used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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To pronounce with a full breathing, as the letter h in house.
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A mark of aspiration ('): an aspirated letter.
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ASPIRATION, n. pronunciation of a letter with a full breathing.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To utter with a breathing or as if preceded by the letter h.
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To draw out by suction.
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Uttered with a strong h sound. aspirated.
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The letter h, or its sound.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Pronounced with a full breath.
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An aspirated sound, or a letter marked with an asper; a mark of aspiration.
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To pronounce with an audible breathing, or the sound of "h"; to mark with an asper.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
