| 释义 |
embreathe, v.|ɛmˈbriːð|
Also 5–6 enbreathe, -brethe. See also imbreathe, inbreathe.
[f. en- + breathe v.]
1. trans. To breathe (something) into; to inspire (a person) with. Also, to give breath to.
a1529Skelton Dethe Erle Northumberl. 157 Enbrethed with the blast of influence deuyne. 1548Gest Pr. Masse 86 The holy ghost is accompted enbreathed for that he was presented in Christes breathe. 1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 1 What breth embreath'd these almost thingles things. a1612Broughton Wks. III. 728 To embreath into your My. the speech..condemned.
2. To breathe in, inhale. In quot. fig.
18..M. Arnold Poems, Heine's Grave, May'st thou the rapture of peace Deep have embreathed at its core.
Hence emˈbreathing vbl. n.
1548Gest Pr. Masse 86 Wrytten by the enbrethinge of the holy ghost. |