Sigh /(?)/
Sigh
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Sighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing
- To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.
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Hence, to lament; to grieve.
He sighed deeply in his spirit.
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To make a sound like sighing.
And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge.
The winter winds are wearily sighing.
Sigh
v. t.
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To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
Never man sighed truer breath.
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To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
Ages to come, and men unborn, Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate.
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To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
They . . . sighed forth proverbs.
The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief.
Sigh
n.
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A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
I could drive the boat with my sighs.
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Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lanent.
With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite.