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(1):

(v. i.) 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.

(2):

(v. t.) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

(3):

(v. i.) Hence, to lament; to grieve.

(4):

(v. i.) To make a sound like sighing.

(5):

(v. i.) Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.

(6):

(v. i.) A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.

(7):

(v. t.) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

(8):

(v. t.) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.