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To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and
immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration,
especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue,
exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like. |
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Hence, to lament; to grieve. |
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To make a sound like sighing. |
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To exhale (the breath) in sighs. |
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To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over. |
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To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs. |
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A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of
air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing. |
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Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent. |
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