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.

Breathe, v. t. 1. To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.

To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air.

Dryden.

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