v.
/
ˈaspəreɪt/
- Phonetics pronounce (a sound) with an exhalation of breath.
▸pronounce the sound of h at the beginning of a word.
- Medicine breathe (something) in.
▸Medicine draw (fluid) by suction from a bodily vessel or cavity.
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[as adj. aspirated]
(of an internal-combustion engine) provided with air.
n.
/
ˈasp(ə)rət/
- Phonetics an aspirated consonant.
▸a sound of h.
- Medicine matter that has been drawn from the body by aspiration.
adj.
/
ˈasp(ə)rət/
Phonetics (of a sound) aspirated.
Etymology
C16: from L. aspiratus ‘breathed’, from aspirare (see aspire).