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Sigh \Sigh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sighed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sighing}.] [OE. sighen, si?en; cf. also OE. siken, AS.
s[imac]can, and OE. sighten, si?ten, sichten, AS. siccettan;
all, perhaps, of imitative origin.]
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.
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2. Hence, to lament; to grieve.
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He sighed deeply in his spirit. --Mark viii.
12.
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3. To make a sound like sighing.
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And the coming wind did roar more loud,
And the sails did sigh like sedge. --Coleridge.
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The winter winds are wearily sighing. --Tennyson.
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Note: An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as
s[imac]th is still heard in England and among the
illiterate in the United States.
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Sigh \Sigh\, v. t.
1. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
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Never man sighed truer breath. --Shak.
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2. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
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Ages to come, and men unborn,
Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate. --Pior.
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3. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
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They . . . sighed forth proverbs. --Shak.
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The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief.
--Hoole.
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Sigh \Sigh\, n. [OE. sigh; cf. OE. sik. See {Sigh}, v. i.]
1. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of
air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
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I could drive the boat with my sighs. --Shak.
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2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan?ent.
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With their sighs the air
Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. --Milton.
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