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Meaning Of Aspirate
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.
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.
n.
A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or
rough breathing.
n.
An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd,
or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.