inhale

inhale
inhale (v.) 1725, "to breathe in," back formation from inhalation or else from L. inhalare "breathe upon," from in- "upon" (see IN- (Cf. in-) (2)) + halare "breathe." Related: Inhaled; inhaling. Current sense is because the word was taken as the opposite of exhale. Slang sense of "eat rapidly" is recorded from 1924. As a noun, by 1934. Related: Inhaled; inhaling.

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