[as.pi.rate] n (1617) 1: an independent sound /h/ or a character (as the letter h) representing it
2: a consonant having aspiration as its final component "in English the /p/ of pit is an ~"
3: material removed by aspiration
[2]as.pi.rate vt -rat.ed ; -rat.ing [L aspiratus, pp. of aspirare] (ca. 1700) 1: to pronounce (a vowel or a consonant) with aspiration (sense 1a)
2. a: to draw by suction b: to remove (as blood) by aspiration c: to take into the lungs by aspiration