Ex*hale", v. i. To rise or be
given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.
Their inspiration exhaled in
elegies.
Prescott.Ex*hale" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Exaled (?), p. pr. & vb. n..
Exaling.] [L. exhalare; ex out + halare
to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf. Inhale.]
1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to
send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales
vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose
exhales.
Pope.
2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in
vapor; as, the sun exhales the moisture of the
earth.