Aspirate — Defs

01 v. t. 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.

imp. & p. p. Aspirated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aspirating

1.
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.

02 n. 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 aspi…

1.
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.
2.
A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
3.
An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.

03 a. Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.

1.
Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
“But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h.” — Holder.