inbreathe

American  

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

verb (used with object)

inbreathed, inbreathing

1. to breathe in; inhale.

2. to inspire; infuse with.

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inbreathe British  

/ ɪnˈbriːð /

verb

1. rare (tr) to infuse or imbue

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Etymology

Origin of inbreathe

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

Example Sentences

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inbreathed inbreathing

She inbreathed sharply, then her eyes narrowed a trifle.

From Midnight by Cohen, Octavus Roy

A receptivity must be brought about, a new life must be inbreathed.

From The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by Rhodes, M. (Mosheim)

They are not the inevitable products of creative genius, fusing and informing—the children of imagination, "dead things with inbreathed sense able to pierce."

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo

The character of the gospels and the letters must have been due to something that Jesus said or that the Holy Spirit inbreathed.

From The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index by Kleiser, Grenville

But how faintly it was inbreathed, how passionlessly, as if the seraphim themselves were breathing upon him!

From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James

Never did I hear any thing more sonorously grand and awful than that portentous inbreathing of Gog and Magog, resounding through the Gothic vastness of Guildhall; but, behold! how omnipotent is the dreaming imagination!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828 by Various

From these luminous guardians they sought the inbreathing of wisdom, drawing into themselves the might of these mightier ones, and rising toward the power of their immortal world.

From Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Johnston, Charles

The Scriptures are the result of divine inbreathing, just as human speech is uttered by the breathing through a man's mouth.

From The Great Doctrines of the Bible by Evans, William

Too much inbreathing and too violent an effort at inhaling will not help the singer at all.

From Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing by Caruso, Enrico

Holiness is not something we do or attain: it is the communication of the Divine life, the inbreathing of the Divine nature, the power of the Divine Presence resting on us.

From Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy by Murray, Andrew