inbreathe

English

Etymology

From Middle English inbrethen, equivalent to in- +‎ breathe.

Verb

inbreathe (third-person singular simple present inbreathes, present participle inbreathing, simple past and past participle inbreathed)

(transitive, intransitive) To breathe (something) in; imbreathe.
- 1921, Octavus Roy Cohen, Midnight‎^[1]:
  She inbreathed sharply, then her eyes narrowed a trifle.
(transitive) To inspire (a person); communicate by inspiration; infuse by breathing.
- 1906, S. D. Gordon, Quiet Talks on Service‎^[2]:
  And always remember that every mental power is a gift from Him; that actual power in life must be through Him only; and that mental gifts are not serviceable save as they are ever inbreathed by His own Spirit.
- 1894, A. J. Gordon, The Ministry of the Spirit‎^[3]:
  Both the scribe and the Scripture, both the man of God and the word of God were divinely inbreathed.
(transitive) To draw in as breath; inhale; inspire.
- 1913, Stephen Graham, A Tramp's Sketches‎^[4]:
  I had inbreathed their mystery and outbreathed it again as my own.

Synonyms

(to breathe): see Thesaurus:breathe

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to draw in as breath”): outbreathe, breathe out, exhale

Translations

To breathe (something) in

Bulgarian: вдишвам (bg) (vdišvam)

Anagrams

breathe in, hibernate