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The exercises for the radical stress should be first aspirated, then repeated with full vocality Besides the forms of the simple rising and falling intervals in which the concrete is generally uttered, there is another form, called the =wave=, effected by a union of these modes.

—The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886

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Same as aspirate.

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The clicks in the top row are followed by a light glottal stop; those in the second row are plain voiceless clicks with the posterior closure in the same position as k. The third-row clicks are aspirated, that is to say, followed by a puff of air with the proviso that some of the air passes through the nose before the click is released. — AnalogSFF,May2008
Three engines will be available: A naturally-aspirated four, a revised turbocharged flat-four and the flat-six. — Autoblog
Powered by Jaguar's familiar 4. 2-liter V8 in either naturally aspirated or supercharged form, the XF builds speed like a fine motorcar should, and its opulent interior features one of the coolest shift knobs in autodom (the dial-shaped shifter rises up out of the center console when you start the car).
The normally-aspirated GT3 is the latest addition to the new 911 series and applies a wide range of know-how gained in motorsport - making it truly impressive not only on the road, but also on the racetrack. — The Garage
Headlining the mildly facelifted model is a new base engine, a naturally-aspirated 2. 5-liter inline-four. — Leftlane - news, reviews, and info for the auto-industry