Sigh

Definition of Sigh

v. i.	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. [imp. & p. p. Sighed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing.]
	2.	Hence, to lament; to grieve. He sighed deeply in his spirit. - Mark viii. 12.
	3.	To make a sound like sighing. And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge. - Coleridge. The winter winds are wearily sighing. - Tennyson.
v. t.	1.	To exhale (the breath) in sighs. Never man sighed truer breath. - Shak.
	2.	To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over. Ages to come, and men unborn, Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate. - Pior.
	3.	To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs. They . . . sighed forth proverbs. - Shak. The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief. - Hoole.
n.	1.	A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing. I could drive the boat with my sighs. - Shak.
	2.	Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan ent. With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. - Milton.

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