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Perspire \Per*spire"\, v. t.
To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat;
to excrete through pores.
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Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine.
--Smollett.
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Perspire \Per*spire"\, v. 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.
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2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the
pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
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