From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Aspirate \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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Aspirate \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.
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2. A mark of aspiration ([asper]) used in Greek; the asper,
or rough breathing. --Bentley.
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3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd,
or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Aspirate \As"pi*rate\ ([a^]s"p[i^]*r[asl]t), Aspirated
\As"pi*ra"ted\ (-r[=a]"t[e^]d), a. [L. aspiratus, p. p.]
Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
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But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an
aspiration as h. --Holder.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aspirate
n 1: a consonant pronounced with aspiration
v 1: remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" [syn:
{aspirate}, {draw out}, {suck out}]
2: pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
3: suck in (air)
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