Definition of Perspire

Per`spire´
v. i.1.(Physiol.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
[imp. & p. p. Perspired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Perspiring.]
2.To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
v. t.1.To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.
Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine.
- Smollett.


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diaphoresis, egest, eliminate, excrete, hidrosis, pass, perspiration, sudate, sudation, sudor, sweat, sweating, swelter


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