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inbreathe, v.|ɪnˈbriːð|
[f. in-1 + breathe v. after L. inspīrāre. Cf. embreathe, imbreathe.]
1. trans. To breathe (something) in. lit. and fig.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. iv. 12 Wisdom to his sonus inbrethede [1388 enspirith] life. 1574J. Jones Nat. Beginning Grow. Things 19 A nother cause is contagiousnes which the ambient of compassing aire powreth and inbreatheth vpon those whome it doth enuiron. 1654Gataker Disc. Apol. 72 They cannot inbreath into us such knowledg that shal quiet and allay our..hearts. a1763Byrom Fragment (R.), That inward, holy thing, inbreathed then. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets x. 337 So true and delicate a spirit is inbreathed into the old forms.
2. To inspire (a person).
1851[see inbreathed]. 1883Presbyt. Messenger 221 A soul saved and inbreathed by Jesus Christ. 1895A. Murray Holiest of All 49 All prove to us how they were inbreathed by that Spirit of Christ.
3. To draw in as breath; to inhale, inspire.
1889Illingworth Probl. Pain in Lux Mundi (ed. 10) 122 He felt himself inbreathing power from on high. |