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breathe
verb [I, + speech] (WORDS) /briːð/ literaryDefinition
› to say something very quietly: "Here they come," he breathed.Ways of talkingWays of speaking
(Definition of breathe verb (WORDS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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