PANSY Pan"sy, n.; pl. Pansies. Etym: [F. Pensée thought, pansy, fr. penser to think, L. pensare to weigh, ponder. See Pensive.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.
PANT
Pant, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting.] Etym:
[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
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.