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   Sigh (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sighed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing.] [OE. sighen, sien; cf. also OE. siken, AS. sīcan, and OE. sighten, siten, sichten, AS. siccettan; all, perhaps, of imitative origin.]
   1. 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.
   
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   2. Hence, to lament; to grieve.
   
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   He sighed deeply in his spirit. Mark viii. 12.
   
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   3. To make a sound like sighing.
   
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   And the coming wind did roar more loud,
   
   And the sails did sigh like sedge. Coleridge.
   
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   The winter winds are wearily sighing. Tennyson.
   
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   ☞ An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as sīth is still heard in England and among the illiterate in the United States.
   
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   Sigh, v. t.
   1. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
   
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   Never man sighed truer breath. Shak.
   
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   2. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
   
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   Ages to come, and men unborn,
   
   Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate. Pior.
   
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   3. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
   
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   They . . . sighed forth proverbs. Shak.
   
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   The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief. Hoole.
   
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   Sigh, n. [OE. sigh; cf. OE. sik. See Sigh, v. i.]
   1. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.
   
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   I could drive the boat with my sighs. Shak.
   
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   2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lanent.
   
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   With their sighs the air
   
   Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. Milton.
   
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