About The Word Aspirate
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Aspirate
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What's The Definition Of Aspirate?
[n] a consonant pronounced with aspiration
[v] suck in air [v] pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds [v] remove as if by suction; "draw in air" Synonyms | Synonyms for Aspirate: draw in | suck in Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | articulate | breathe in | consonant | enounce | enunciate | inhale | inspire | pronounce | remove | say | sound out | take | take away | withdraw Aspirate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. 2. A mark of aspiration ([asper]) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. --Bentley. 3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc. \As"pi*rate\ ([a^]s"p[i^]*r[asl]t), Aspirated |
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