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   Pant , v. i. [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. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.]
    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.
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   Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.
   Dryden.
   
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   Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; -- often used with for or after.
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   As the hart panteth after the water brooks.
   Ps. xlii. 1.
   
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   Who pants for glory finds but short repose.
   Pope.
   
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   To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
   Spenser.
   
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   To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic]
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   The whispering breeze
   Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.
   Pope.
   
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   Pant, v. t.
   To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
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   There is a cavern where my spirit
   Was panted forth in anguish.
   Shelley.
   
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   To long for; to be eager after. [R.]
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   Then shall our hearts pant thee.
   Herbert.
   
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   Pant, n.
   A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
   Drayton.
   
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   A violent palpitation of the heart.
   Shak.
   
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4.       
   pant, n. A single leg of a pair of pants. See pants.
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5.       
   pant, a. Of or pertaining to pants.
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