sighed
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Sigh \Sigh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing.] [OE. sighen, si?en; cf. also OE. siken, AS. s[imac]can, and OE. sighten, si?ten, sichten, AS. siccettan; all, perhaps, of imitative origin.]
1.To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like. [1913 Webster]
2.Hence, to lament; to grieve. [1913 Webster]
He sighed deeply in his spirit.— Mark viii. 12.[1913 Webster]
3.To make a sound like sighing. [1913 Webster]
And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge.— Coleridge.[1913 Webster]
The winter winds are wearily sighing.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
Note: An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as s[imac]th is still heard in England and among the illiterate in the United States. [1913 Webster]