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suspiration en · NOUN

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin suspīrātiō, suspīrātiōnem (“sighing”).

Meanings

1. The act of breathing, not necessarily for a sustained period (compare respiration, which is sustained).
   • nor windy suspiration of forced breath c. 1599-1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, act 1, scene 2; republished as Hamlet, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1992, →ISBN, page 9:
   • and the assistance of the inward Intercostal Muscles in deep Suspirations, when we take more large gulps of Aire to cool our heart overcharged with Love or Sorrow […] 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 80

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