gasp, gaspe, gaspyn

i. & t. [Icel. geispa =to yawn;; Sw. gäspa; Dan.gispe. Gasp is a fre an. gispe. quentative from gape (q. v.).] A. Intransitive : " Gasping to begin some speech, her eyes Became two spouts." pantings. "Happy if with my latest breath I may but gasp his name." Charles Wesley. Sometimes followed by away , forth , out , . "And with short sobs he gasps away his breath." Dryden: Virgil's Eneid , ix. 558. breath. "His fortunes all lie speechle , and his name Is at last gasp ." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, i. 6. gasp-ing, pr . par ., a. & s. [GASP, v.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) IMG:content-0352.png:[blocks in formation]