The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outbreathe \Out*breathe"\, v. i.
To issue, as breath; to be breathed out; to exhale.
--Beau. &
Fl.
Outbreathe \Out*breathe"\, v. t.
To breathe forth. ``Outbreathed life.''
--Spenser.To cause to be out of breath; to exhaust.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To exhaust or deprive of breath. 2 (context transitive English) To breathe out; expire.
Usage examples of "outbreathe".
And yet so brave the soul outbreathed, The great example he bequeathed, Were all to follow, we should see A universal chivalry.
An oath that's ratified,--a sealed promise, A heart's avowal claiming confirmation,-- A rose-dot on the 'i' of 'adoration,'-- A secret that to mouth, not ear, is whispered,-- Brush of a bee's wing, that makes time eternal,-- Communion perfumed like the spring's wild flowers,-- The heart's relieving in the heart's outbreathing, When to the lips the soul's flood rises, brimming!
I braced and panted with the cliff, inbreathing the rock-dust that my outbreathing had stirred up.