to breathe a vein

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire. [1913 Webster]

To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into. [1913 Webster]

Able to breathe life into a stone.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.— Gen. ii. 7.[1913 Webster]

3.To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow. [1913 Webster]

He softly breathed thy name.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes. [1913 Webster]

5.To express; to manifest; to give forth. [1913 Webster]

Others articles breathe the same severe spirit.— Milner.[1913 Webster]

6.To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. "They breathe the flute." --Prior. [1913 Webster]

7.To promote free respiration in; to exercise. [1913 Webster]

And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

8.To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse. [1913 Webster]

A moment breathed his panting steed.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

9.To put out of breath; to exhaust. [1913 Webster]

Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up.— Dickens.[1913 Webster]

10.(Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants. [1913 Webster]

The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered.— H. Sweet.[1913 Webster]

Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged

Note: [in whispering]. --H. Sweet. [1913 Webster]

To breathe again, to take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business.

To breathe one's last, to die; to expire.

To breathe a vein, to open a vein; to let blood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]