
Noah Webster
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.