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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Perspire

Per-spīre', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. PERSPIRED; p. pr. & vb. n. PERSPIRING.] [Lat. perspirare, to breathe through or every where, from the prefix per, through, and spirare, to breathe.]

  1. To evacuate the fluids of the body through the pores of the skin; to sweat; as, a person perspires freely.
  2. To be evacuated or excreted insensibly through the excretories of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.

Per-spīre', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To emit or evacuate insensibly through the excretories of the skin; to sweat.