breathe

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Meaning

To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

To take breath; to rest from action.

To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.

To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.

To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.

To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.

To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.

To express; to manifest; to give forth.

To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing.

To promote free respiration in; to exercise.

To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.

To put out of breath; to exhaust.

To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.

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Remember God more often than you breathe. Gregory of Nazianzus

God is nearer to us than any man at every time. He is nearer to me than my raiment, nearer than the air or light, nearer than my wife, father, mother, daughter, son, or friend. I live in Him, soul and body. I breathe in Him, think in Him, feel, consider, intend, speak, undertake, work in Him. John of Kronstadt

Love Christ; breathe Christ; make Jesus dwell in you. Fear no one for we belong to God. Ephraim of Arizona

You cannot breathe through another man's nose. Vietnamese Proverb

Don't borrow another's nose to breathe with. Thai Proverb

Don't borrow someone else's nose to breathe with. Thai Proverb

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