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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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    Sighing, a. Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. “Sighing millions.” Cowper. -- Sigh"ing*ly, adv.

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