Noah Webster
Aspirate
AS'PIRATE, verb transitive [Latin aspiro, to breathe or blow; Gr. to palpitate, from spiro. See Spire, Spirit.]
To pronounce with a breathing or full emission of breath. We aspirate the words horse and house.
AS'PIRATE, verb intransitive To be uttered with a strong breathing; as, the letter h aspirates.
AS'PIRATE, noun A letter marked with an asper, or note of breathing; a mark of aspiration, as the Greek accent.
AS'PIRATE, adjective Pronounced with a full breath.