Suffocate
Pronunciation : Suf"fo*cate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. suffocatus, p.p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal.]
Definition : Defn: Suffocated; choked. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Suf"fo*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak.
2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffocating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Suf"fo*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage." collier.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913