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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mark of aspiration (&asper_;) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. aspiratus, p. p. ] Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath. [ 1913 Webster ]

But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pirata, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to attempt, undertake, from making attempts or attacks on ships, &unr_; an attempt, trial; akin to E. peril: cf. F. pirate. See Peril. ] 1. A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder; a freebooter on the seas; also, one who steals in a harbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An armed ship or vessel which sails without a legal commission, for the purpose of plundering other vessels on the high seas. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who infringes the law of copyright, or publishes the work of an author without permission. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pirate perch (Zool.), a fresh-water percoid fish of the United States (Aphredoderus Sayanus). It is of a dark olive color, speckled with blackish spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pirated p. pr. & vb. n. Pirating. ] [ Cf. F. pirater. ] To play the pirate; to practice robbery on the high seas. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To publish, as books or writings, without the permission of the author. [ 1913 Webster ]

They advertised they would pirate his edition. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]