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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.

Definition 2024

perspire

perspire

English

Verb

perspire ‎(third-person singular simple present perspires, present participle perspiring, simple past and past participle perspired)

  1. (intransitive) To emit sweat or perspiration through the skin's pores.
  2. (intransitive) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
    A fluid perspires.

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External links

  • perspire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • perspire in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology

From Old French perspirer, from Latin perspirare ‎(“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per ‎(“through”) + spirare ‎(“to breath”); see spirit.

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