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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Exhale

/(ĕks*hāl" or ĕgz*āl")/ · Ex·hale · IPA /ɛksˈheɪl/
01 v. t. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
imp. & p. p. Exaled
  1. 1.
    To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
    “Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales.” Pope.
  2. 2.
    To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sun exhales the moisture of the earth.
02 v. i. To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.
  1. 1.
    To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.
    “Their inspiration exhaled in elegies.” Prescott.