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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  be  evacuated  or  excreted,  or  to  exude,  through  the 
  pores  of  the  skin;  as  a  fluid  perspires. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  perspiring 
  adj  :  being  wet  with  perspiration;  "the  perspiring  runners";  "his 
  sweating  face";  "sweaty  clothes"  [syn:  {sweating},  {sweaty}] 
  n  :  the  process  of  secreting  perspiration  [syn:  {sweating},  {transpiration}] 




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