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Definition of Suspiration
1. Noun. An utterance made by exhaling audibly.
Definition of Suspiration
1. n. The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh.
Definition of Suspiration
1. Noun. The act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained) ¹
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Definition of Suspiration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suspiration
Literary usage of Suspiration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"2. A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit. Bailey, 1731.
[Hare in both senses.] suspiration (sus-pi-ra'shon), n. ..."
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