From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pant \Pant\ (p[.a]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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pant \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pant \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
pant \pant\, n.
A single leg of a pair of pants. See pants.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
pant \pant\, a.
Of or pertaining to pants.
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