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单词 abreathe
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abreathev.

Forms: see a- prefix1 and breathe v.; also late Middle English abredeed (past participle).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix1 , breathe v.
Etymology: < a- prefix1 + breathe v.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To allow (a person or animal) to recover breath. Also intransitive: to recover one's breath.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease temporarily > give rest to
restOE
abreathec1425
breathea1470
repose1562
sabbatize1701
spell1846
to rest up1974
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 8350 (MED) Prothesilaus..in his werynes, Hym to refresche & to taken eyr And to abreth hym, makyd his repeir To þe stronde.
a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) l. 2905 (MED) He dothe of his helme for to a-brethe [a1500 BL Add. hem to abrethe].
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 335 (MED) Merlin..made hem refressh and girde hir horse and a-brethe hem.
2. transitive. To cause to become out of breath; to wind.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] > put out of breath
breathec1425
abreathea1500
overbreathe1586
blow1651
outwind1708
wind1811
pump1858
a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 193 (MED) Þat made þys frogge swell yn hys wombe, þat [he] was abreþut yn schort tyme.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xvii. 275 (MED) Ther was many an horse abredeed, er thei myght come to the foreste.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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