PANT
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Pant (p&adot_;nt), 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.
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Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.
Dryden.
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2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; -- often used with for or after.
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As the hart panteth after the water brooks.
Ps. xlii. 1.
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Who pants for glory finds but short repose.
Pope.
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3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. Spenser.
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4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic]
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The whispering breeze
Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.
Pope.
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Pant, v. t. 1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
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There is a cavern where my spirit
Was panted forth in anguish.
Shelley.
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2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.]
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Then shall our hearts pant thee.
Herbert.
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Pant, n. 1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. Drayton.
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2. A violent palpitation of the heart. Shak.
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pant, n. A single leg of a pair of pants. See pants.
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pant, a. Of or pertaining to pants.
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