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Definition of Pant
Pant Pant Pant, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Panting.] [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF.
panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh.
akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the
nightmare.]
1. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after
exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with
heaving of the breast; to gasp.
Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. --Dryden.
2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks. --Ps.
xlii. 1.
Who pants for glory finds but short repose. --Pope.
3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate,
or throb; -- said of the heart. --Spenser.
4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic]
The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies
upon the trees. --Pope.
Pant Pant Pant, v. t.
1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp
out.
There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth
in anguish. --Shelley.
2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.]
Then shall our hearts pant thee. --Herbert.
Pant Pant Pant, n.
1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
--Drayton.
2. A violent palpitation of the heart. --Shak.
