PERSPIRE

perspire. Perspire, v.i. to sweat, become hot, get vent, pass

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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. 1. (Physiol.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
2. 2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.