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Webster 1913 Edition

Perspire

Per-spire′

,
Verb.
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
.

Per-spire′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Perspire

PERSPI'RE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. per and spiro, to breathe.]
1.
To evacuate the fluids of the body through the pores of the skin; as, a person perspires freely.
2.
To be evacuated or excreted through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.

PERSPI'RE

,
Verb.
T.
To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin.

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