perspire
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French perspirer, from Latin perspirare (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spirare (“to breath”); see spirit.
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perspire (third-person singular simple present perspires, present participle perspiring, simple past and past participle perspired)
- (intransitive) To emit sweat or perspiration through the skin's pores.
- (intransitive) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
- A fluid perspires.
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to sweat
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External links[edit]
- perspire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- perspire in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
