Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perspire"
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) 1.7 (wn)
perspire
v : excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin;
"Exercise makes one sweat" [syn: {sweat}]
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