Home › Words › I › inbreatheinbreatheinbreathe means to breathe (something) in; imbreathe.EtymologyFrom Middle English inbrethen, equivalent to in- + breathe.verbTo breathe (something) in; imbreathe.e.g.“She inbreathed sharply, then her eyes narrowed a trifle.” — 1921, Octavus Roy Cohen, Midnight:To inspire (a person); communicate by inspiration; infuse by breathing.To draw in as breath; inhale; inspire.e.g.“I had inbreathed their mystery and outbreathed it again as my own.” — 1913, Stephen Graham, A Tramp's Sketches:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.imbreathe 93% match — To inbreathe; to breathe in. vs inbreathe →embreathe 85% match — To breathe into; to inspire with. vs inbreathe →inbreathing 80% match — A breathing in; an inhalation. vs inbreathe →inspirate 72% match — Something inhaled. vs inbreathe →outbreathe 71% match — To exhaust or deprive of breath. vs inbreathe →breathe 70% match — To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. vs inbreathe →embreathement 69% match — inspiration (the act of breathing in) vs inbreathe →indrawing 68% match — An inhalation of breath; an inspiration. vs inbreathe →