·adj ·Alt. of Aspirated.
II. Aspirate ·noun A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
III. Aspirate ·noun An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, ·etc.
IV. Aspirate ·vt To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.
V. Aspirate ·noun A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.