Anhele

//ənˈhiːl// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To yearn for, or to pant. intransitive, obsolete

    "All men know that we be here gathered, and with most fervent desire, they anheale, breathe, and gape for the fruit of our convocation; as our acts shall be, so they shall name us; […]"

Example

More examples

"All men know that we be here gathered, and with most fervent desire, they anheale, breathe, and gape for the fruit of our convocation; as our acts shall be, so they shall name us; […]"

Etymology

Compare Old French aneler, anheler. See anhelation.

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