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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
aspirate
    n 1: a consonant pronounced with aspiration
    v 1: remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" [syn:
         aspirate, draw out, suck out]
    2: pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
    3: suck in (air)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspirated; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Aspirating.] [L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to
   breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare
   to breathe, blow. Cf. Aspire.]
   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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, n.
   1. A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like
      the sound of h; the breathing h or a character
      representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
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   2. A mark of aspiration ([asper]) used in Greek; the asper,
      or rough breathing. --Bentley.
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   3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd,
      or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
      [1913 Webster] Aspirate

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aspirate \As"pi*rate\ ([a^]s"p[i^]*r[asl]t), Aspirated
\As"pi*ra"ted\ (-r[=a]"t[e^]d), a. [L. aspiratus, p. p.]
   Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
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         But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an
         aspiration as h.                         --Holder.
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Thesaurus Results for Aspirate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
breathe, breathe in, coo, draw in, inhale, inspire, maffle, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, sigh, slurp, sniff, sniffle, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, suck, suck in, suckle, susurrate, whisper
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