[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pant \pant\ p.ant, 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.
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            pluto plants for breath from out his cell. --dryden.
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   2. hence: to long eagerly; to desire earnestly; -- often used
      with for or after.
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            as the hart panteth after the water brooks. --ps.
                                                  xlii. 1.
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            who pants for glory finds but short repose. --pope.
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   3. to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate,
      or throb; -- said of the heart. --spenser.
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   4. to sigh; to flutter; to languish. poetic
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            the whispering breeze
            pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.
                                                  --pope.
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see also:
panted panting 

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