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Pant

Pant (pant)
v. i.(?)
Pant
[imp. *** p. p. Panted] p. pr. *** vb. n. Panting.] [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath] perh. akin to E. phan
  1. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

    Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. Dryden.

  2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.

    As the hart panteth after the water brooks. Ps. xlii. 1.

    Who pants for glory finds but short repose. Pope.

  3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
    Spenser.
  4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
    [Poetic]

    The whispering breeze
    Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.     Pope.

Pant

Pant (pant)
v. t.
Pant
  1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.

    There is a cavern where my spirit
    Was panted forth in anguish.     Shelley.

  2. To long for; to be eager after.
    [R.]

    Then shall our hearts pant thee. Herbert.

Pant

Pant (pant)
n.
Pant
  1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
    Drayton.
  2. A violent palpitation of the heart.
    Shak.












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