Ex*hale" , v. i. To rise or be given off, as
vapor; to pass off, or vanish.
Their inspiration
exhaled in elegies.
Prescott.
Ex*hale" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaled (?),
p. pr. & vb. n..
Exaling.]
[L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf. Inhale.] 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. To draw out; to cause to be
emitted in vapor; as, the sun
exhales the moisture
of the earth.
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