Dictionary

inbreathe en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To breathe (something) in; imbreathe.
   • She inbreathed sharply, then her eyes narrowed a trifle. 1921, Octavus Roy Cohen, Midnight:
2. (transitive) To inspire (a person); communicate by inspiration; infuse by breathing.
   • Both the scribe and the Scripture, both the man of God and the word of God were divinely inbreathed. 1894, A. J. Gordon, The Ministry of the Spirit:
   • 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. 1906, S. D. Gordon, Quiet Talks on Service:
3. (transitive) To draw in as breath; inhale; inspire.
   • I had inbreathed their mystery and outbreathed it again as my own. 1913, Stephen Graham, A Tramp's Sketches:

Forms

Antonyms

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

Synonyms

breathe (to breathe)

Translations (1)

bg вдишвам (To breathe (something) in)