outbreathe

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outbreathe

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From out- + breathe.

verb outbreathes · outbreathing · outbreathed

  1. transitive To exhaust or deprive of breath.
  2. transitive To breathe out; expire. II Scarsely had Phoebus in the glooming East 10 Yet harnessed his firie-footed teeme, Ne reard above the earth his flaming creast; When the last deadly smoke aloft did steeme That signe of last outbreathed life did seeme Unto the watchman on the castle wall, 15 Who thereby dead that balefull Beast d
  3. intransitive To issue as a breath; exhale. He showed the two men from Vinland how to fit the rubber masks over their noses. “Bethink you to outbreathe through your mouths, and you’ll be fine.”

Opposite: inbreathe, breathe in, inhale

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Opposite: inbreathe, breathe in, inhale

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@misc{outbreathe_2026,
  title = {outbreathe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outbreathe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}