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1. A consonant pronounced with aspiration

1. Remove as if by suction
   "aspirate the wound"
   - draw out, suck out
    
2. Pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
    
3. Suck in (air)

Derived forms: aspirates, aspirating, aspirated

See also: aspiration, aspirator

Type of: articulate, breathe in, consonant, enounce, enunciate, inhale, inspire, pronounce, remove, say, sound out, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Aspirate