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perspire |
3 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Perspire \Per*spire"\, v. t. To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores. Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine. --Smollett. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: perspire v : excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" [syn: {sweat}]
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