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Pronunciation : Ex`ha*la"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation.]
Definition : 1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. Milton.

3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913