'Perspire' definitions:

Definition of 'perspire'

From: WordNet
verb
Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" [syn: sweat, sudate, perspire]

Definition of 'Perspire'

From: GCIDE
  • Perspire \Per*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perspired; p. pr. & vb. n. Perspiring.] [L. perspirare to breathe through; per + spirare. See Per-, and Spirit.]
  • 1. (Physiol.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Perspire'

From: GCIDE
  • Perspire \Per*spire"\, v. t. To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores. [1913 Webster]
  • Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine. --Smollett. [1913 Webster]

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