ASPIRATE

I. noun Date: 1617 an independent sound \\h\\ or a character (as the letter h ) representing it, a consonant having aspiration as its final component , material removed by aspiration, II. transitive verb (-rated; -rating) Etymology: Latin aspiratus, past participle of aspirare Date: circa 1700 to pronounce (a vowel or a consonant) with aspiration (sense 1a), 2. to draw by suction, to remove (as blood) by aspiration, to take into the lungs by aspiration