Breathe (brēt͡h), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Breathed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Breathing.] [From Breath.]
1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. “I am in health, I breathe.” Shak.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead?
Sir W. Scott.
2. To take breath; to rest from action.
Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again!
Shak.
3. To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
The air breathes upon us here most sweetly.
Shak.
There breathes a living fragrance from the shore.
Byron.