FromMiddle Englishinbrethen, equivalent toin- +‎breathe.

inbreathe (third-person singular simple presentinbreathes,present participleinbreathing,simple past and past participleinbreathed)

1. (ambitransitive) Tobreathe (something) in;imbreathe.
   • 1921, Octavus Roy Cohen,Midnight‎^[1]:

     Sheinbreathed sharply, then her eyes narrowed a trifle.

2. (transitive) Toinspire (a person);communicate byinspiration;infuse by breathing.
   • 1906, S. D. Gordon,Quiet Talks on Service‎^[2]:

     And always remember that every mental power is a gift from Him; that actual power in life must be through Him only; and that mental gifts are not serviceable save as they are everinbreathed by His own Spirit.

   • 1894, A. J. Gordon,The Ministry of the Spirit‎^[3]:

     Both the scribe and the Scripture, both the man of God and the word of God were divinelyinbreathed.

3. (transitive) To draw in as breath;inhale; inspire.
   • 1913, Stephen Graham,A Tramp's Sketches‎^[4]:

     I hadinbreathed their mystery and outbreathed it again as my own.

• (to breathe): seeThesaurus:breathe

• (antonym(s) of“to draw in as breath”):outbreathe,breathe out,exhale

• breathe in,hibernate

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