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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.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English exalen < Latin exhālāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + hālāre to breathe
1350–1400; Middle English exalen < Latin exhālāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + hālāre to breathe
Related forms
un·ex·haled, adjective
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Word Origin & History
exhale
c.1400, from M.Fr. exhaler, from L. exhalare "breathe out," from ex- "out" + halare "breathe." Related: Exhaled; exhaling.
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exhale ex·hale (ěks-hāl', ěk-sāl')
v. ex·haled, ex·hal·ing, ex·hales
To breathe out.
To emit a gas, vapor, or odor.
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