pant

i. & t. [Origin doubtful; cf. Fr. panteler =to pant; O. Fr. pantiser =to breathe fast; pan to is =short-winded, out of breath; Sw. dial. pank = exhausted; pankna =to be exhausted; Nor. Eng. pank =to pant.] A. Intransitive : 1. To breathe quickly, and with labor; to gasp, as after exertion or from eagerne ; to have the breast heaving and the heart palpitating. "He laid them panting on the earth." Chapman: Homer's Iliad, iii. 2. To throb, heave, or palpitate after exertion; as the breast or heart after hard labor. "Yet might her piteous heart be seen to pant and quake." Spenser: F. Q. , I. vii. 20. 3. To languish; to play with intermi ion. "At intervals a cold blast sings Through the dry leaves, and pants upon the strings." Cowper : Expostulation , 721. 4. To long; to wish eagerly and earnestly; to desire ardently. (Followed by after or for .) "For thee I panted , thee I prized." Cowper: Ode to Peace. 5. To take or recover breath after exertion or labor. "To ease his breast with panting." B. Transitive: Shakesp.: Coriolanus , ii. 2. 2995 păn-ta-gogue, s. [Pref. pant-, and Gr. agōgos = driving; ago to drive.] A medicine which expels all morbid matter. păn'-ta-grăph, s. [PANTOGRAPH.]