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   Sob (sŏb), v. t. [See Sop.] To soak. [Obs.]  Mortimer.
   
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   Sob, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sobbed (sŏbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing.] [OE. sobben; akin to AS. seófian, siófian, to complain, bewail, seófung, siófung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. sūftōn, sūftjōn, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. sūft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from sūfen to drink, OHG. sūfan.  Cf. Sup.] To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
   
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   Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger. Bacon.
   
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   She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair.
   
   She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. Dryden.
   
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   Sob, n.
   1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
   
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   Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. Dryden.
   
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   2. Any sorrowful cry or sound.
   
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   The tremulous sob of the complaining owl. Wordsworth.
   
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