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inbreathe

American  
[in-breeth, in-breeth] / ˈɪnˌbrið, ɪnˈbrið /

verb (used with object)

inbreathed, inbreathing
  1. to breathe in; inhale.

  2. to inspire; infuse with.


inbreathe British  
/ ɪnˈbriːð /

verb

  1. rare (tr) to infuse or imbue

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of inbreathe

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at in- 1, breathe

Example Sentences

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Both the scribe and the Scripture, both the man of God and the word of God were divinely inbreathed.

From The Ministry of the Spirit by A. J. (Adoniram Judson) Gordon

I had inbreathed their mystery and outbreathed it again as my own.

From A Tramp's Sketches by Stephen Graham

God's way of giving to us is to breathe within us a desire, and then to answer the desire inbreathed.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren

We lay together and looked up into the far high sky, we breathed lightly: it seemed we exhaled the scent of flowers that we had inbreathed in the morning—we slept.

From A Tramp's Sketches by Stephen Graham

She inbreathed sharply, then her eyes narrowed a trifle.

From Midnight by Octavus Roy Cohen

The Scriptures came by the inbreathing of God, 2 Tim.

From The Great Doctrines of the Bible by William Evans

Inspiration, then, as defined by Paul in this passage, is the strong, conscious inbreathing of God into men, qualifying them to give utterance to truth.

From The Great Doctrines of the Bible by William Evans

The inbreathing of the Almighty, All-powerful Truth, giveth understanding.

From The Right Knock A Story by Helen Van-Anderson

Our only safe inbreathing physically, mentally, and spiritually is from the upper source of things——not in the tainted atmospheres of the crowds.

From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Will Levington Comfort

Afterwards she went for a tramp on the moors, and steadied her nerve by the rapid swing of her walk, and the deep inbreathing of that glorious air.

From The Rosary by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay

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