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Sigh (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sighed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing.] [OE. sighen, si&unr_;en; cf. also OE. siken, AS. s&ī;can, and OE. sighten, si&unr_;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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&hand_; An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as s&ī;th is still heard in England and among the illiterate in the United States.
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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, 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&unr_;ent.
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With their sighs the air
Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite.
Milton.
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