ˈrespirating, ppl. a. rare.
[f. *respirate, ad. L. respīrāt-, ppl. stem of respīrāre to respire + -ing2.]
Respiring.
| 1649 J. Ellistone tr. Behmen's Epist. vi. (1886) 66 A former of the re-expressing or re-spirating Will. 1839 J. E. Reade Deluge, etc. 145 The respirating breath withheld, On which she lived. 1887 Homeop. World 1 Nov. 507 In the bronchitis of typhus when the respirating muscles seemed to be paralyzed. |