Chapter Breakable to Breathful of B by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

6. To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. "They breathe the flute." Prior.

7. To promote free respiration in; to exercise.

And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee.
Shak.

8. To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.

A moment breathed his panting steed.
Sir W. Scott.

9. To put out of breath; to exhaust.

Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up.
Dickens.

10. (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.

The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered.
H. Sweet.

Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged [in whispering].
H. Sweet.

To breathe again, to take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business. — To breathe one's last, to die; to expire. — To breathe a vein, to open a vein; to let blood. Dryden.

Breather
(Breath"er) n.

1. One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.

2. That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise. [Colloq.]

Breathful
(Breath"ful) a. Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. [Obs.]