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anhelation
UK /ænhɪˈleɪʃn̩/ US /ˌænhəˈleɪʃən/
noun 3
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1ANHELATION + NOUN
vvith
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noun
1
Breathing difficulty, shortness of breath.
In a Diſpnœa, the breath is thick, vvithout noiſe or anhelation, and vvith leſs trouble.
2
Mental or spiritual agitation.
3
Followed by after or for: eager desire; (countable) an instance of this.
[T]ruſt not upon that rule, that men buy cheapeſt at the end of the market, that heaven may be had for a breath at laſt, vvhen they that hear it cannot tel vvhether it be a ſigh or a gaſp, a religious breathing and anhelation after the next life, or natural breathing out, and exhalation of this; but find a ſpiritual good husbandry in that other rule, that the prime of the market is to be had at firſt: […]
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In a Diſpnœa, the breath is thick, vvithout noiſe or anhelation, and vvith leſs trouble.
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[T]ruſt not upon that rule, that men buy cheapeſt at the end of the market, that heaven may be had for a breath at laſt, vvhen they that hear it cannot tel vvhether it be a ſigh or a gaſp, a religious
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