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Breathless

Breathless

1. Spent with labour or violent action; out of breath.

2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. (Byron)

3. Dead; as, a breathless body.


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