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   Pant (pȧnt), 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.]
   1. 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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   2. 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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   3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.  Spenser.
   
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   4. 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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