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EXHALE

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ex⋅hale

  [eks-heyl, ek-seyl] verb, -haled, -hal⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to emit breath or vapor; breathe out.
2. to pass off as vapor; pass off as an effluence.
–verb (used with object)
3. to breathe out; emit (air, vapor, sound, etc.): to exhale a sigh.
4. to give off as vapor: The engine exhaled steam.
5. to draw out as a vapor or effluence; evaporate.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME exalen < L exhālāre, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + hālāre to breathe
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ex·hale   (ěks-hāl', ěk-sāl')   
v.   ex·haled, ex·hal·ing, ex·hales

v.   intr.

    1. To breathe out.

    2. To emit air or vapor.

  2. To be given off or emitted.

v.   tr.

  1. To blow (something) forth or breathe (something) out.

  2. To give off; emit: chimneys exhaling dense smoke.


[Middle English exalen, from Latin exhālāre : ex-, ex- + hālāre, to breathe.]
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Word Origin & History

exhale 
c.1400, from M.Fr. exhaler, from L. exhalare "breathe out," from ex- "out" + halare "breathe."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·hale
Pronunciation: eks-'(h)A(&)l
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: ex·haled; ex·hal·ing
intransitive senses
: to emit breath or vapor exhale transitive senses
: to breathe out
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

exhale ex·hale (ěks-hāl', ěk-sāl')
v. ex·haled, ex·hal·ing, ex·hales

  1. To breathe out.

  2. To emit a gas, vapor, or odor.

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