anhele

See also: anhélé, anhelé, and anhèle

English

Etymology

Compare Old French aneler, anheler. See anhelation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ənˈhiːl/, /əˈniːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl
• Homophone: anneal

Verb

anhele (third-person singular simple present anheles, present participle anheling, simple past and past participle anheled)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To yearn for, or to pant.
   • 1536 June 19 (Gregorian calendar), Hugh Latimer, “Sermon II. The Second Sermon in the Afternoon [Made to the Clergy, in the Convocation, before the Parliament Began, the Ninth Day of June, the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King Henry VIII].”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, and Constant Martyr of Jesus Christ, Hugh Latimer, Some Time Bishop of Worcester, […], volume I, London: […] James Duncan, […], published 1824, →OCLC, page 49:

     All men know that we be here gathered, and with most fervent desire, they anheale, breathe, and gape for the fruit of our convocation; as our acts shall be, so they shall name us; […]

     The spelling has been modernized.

References

• “anhele”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Helena, Lehane

Esperanto

Etymology

From anheli +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [anˈhele]
• Rhymes: -ele
• Hyphenation: an‧he‧le

Adverb

anhele

1. breathlessly

   La maljunulo anhele supreniras la ŝtuparon.

   The old man breathlessly climbed the stairway.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnele/ [aˈne.le]
• Rhymes: -ele
• Syllabification: an‧he‧le

Verb

anhele

1. inflection of anhelar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative