breathe (1 is imitated by later poets; 2 the opposite sense of ‘rest, pause’ is freq.)
1.
to speak
Wiv. IV. v. 2
“speak, breathe,
discuss,”
Ham. II. i. 44
“The youth you breathe
of.”
2.
to exercise briskly
All'sW. II. iii. 272
“to breathe themselves
upon thee.”
