exhalementn.
/ɛksˈheɪlmənt//ɛɡˈzeɪlmənt/ = exhalation n.
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the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [noun] > becoming or making into vapour > evaporation
evaporationa1398
exhalation1398
consumptiona1400
vapouring1548
transpiration1562
divaporation1617
exhalinga1618
expiration1626
exhalement1646
perspiration1652
transpiring1670
aerification1790
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 86 Nor will polished amber although it send forth a grosse and corporall exhalement be found a long time defective upon the exactest scales. View more context for this quotation
1816 T. Moore Go, let me Weep i While tears, that from repentance flow, In bright exhalement reach the skies.
1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxx Our present poet..speaks..to no end save exhalement of superfluous animal spirits.
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