Thesaurus: aspirate

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1. v. t. 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.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
4. n. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
5. a. Alt. of Aspirated
6. n. a consonant pronounced with aspiration
7. n. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial /h/ sounds.
8. v. remove by suction
9. v. pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
10. v. inhale (air, water, etc.)
11. 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. 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 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. Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath. But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h. Holder.
12. To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as,we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or aliquid consonant.