breathing
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
breathing
- Present participle of breathe.
Noun[edit]
breathing (plural breathings)
- The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
- A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
- (archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1
- DON PEDRO. Count Claudio, when mean you to go to church?
- CLAUDIO. To-morrow, my lord. Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites.
- LEONATO. Not till Monday, my dear son, which is hence a just seven-night; and a time too brief too, to have all things answer my mind.
- DON PEDRO. Come, you shake the head at so long a breathing; but, I warrant thee, Claudio, the time shall not go dully by us.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1
- Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
- the breathings of the Holy Spirit
- Aspiration; secret prayer.
- Tillotson
- earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state
- Tillotson
Translations[edit]
act of respiration
