aspirate

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)
    

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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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.
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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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23 Moby Thesaurus words for "aspirate":
      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