Pant (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Panting.] [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF.
panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath;
perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have
the nightmare.] 1. To breathe quickly or in a
labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to
respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
Pluto plants for breath from out his
cell.
Dryden.
2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire
earnestly.
As the hart panteth after the water
brooks.
Ps. xlii. 1.
Who pants for glory finds but short
repose.
Pope.
3. To beat with unnatural violence or
rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
Spenser.
4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
[Poetic]
The whispering breeze
Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.
Pope.Pant, v. t. 1. To
breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
There is a cavern where my spirit
Was panted forth in anguish.
Shelley.
2. To long for; to be eager after.
[R.]
Then shall our hearts pant thee.
Herbert.Pant, n. 1. A quick
breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
Drayton.
2. A violent palpitation of the heart.
Shak.