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Perspire


PERSPI'RE, verb intransitive [Latin 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 intransitive To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin.