aspirate

verb transitive

[L. aspiro, to breathe or blow; Gr. to palpitate, from spiro. See Spire, Spirit.]

To pronounce with a breathing or full emission of breath. We aspirate the words horse and house.

verb intransitive

To be uttered with a strong breathing; as, the letter h aspirates.

noun

A letter marked with an asper, or note of breathing; a mark of aspiration, as the Greek accent.

adjective

Pronounced with a full breath.