Dictionary entry

Sigh (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sigh, v. t. 1. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

Never man sighed truer breath. Shak.

2. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

Ages to come, and men unborn,

Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate. Pior.

3. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

They... sighed forth proverbs. Shak.

The gentle swain... sighs back her grief. Hoole.