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perspire

[ per-spahyuhr ]

verb (used without object)

, per·spired, per·spir·ing.
  1. to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.


verb (used with object)

, per·spired, per·spir·ing.
  1. to emit through pores; exude.

perspire

/ pəˈspaɪə /

verb

  1. to secrete or exude (perspiration) through the pores of the skin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • perˈspiringly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • per·spira·bili·ty noun
  • per·spira·ble adjective
  • per·spiring·ly adverb
  • per·spiry adjective
  • unper·spired adjective
  • unper·spiring adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of perspire1

1640–50; < Latin perspīrāre to blow constantly (said of the wind), breathe through; in New Latin: to sweat imperceptibly. See per-, inspire
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Word History and Origins

Origin of perspire1

C17: from Latin perspīrāre to blow, from per- (through) + spīrāre to breathe; compare inspire
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Example Sentences

You can certainly perspire your way into needing an infusion of these substances.

When you perspire, it remains next-to-skin, unable to evaporate.

The elderly generally don’t sweat or pump blood as efficiently as youngsters can, while children tend to perspire less and have greater surface-to-body-mass ratios.

If you don’t want to get sweaty during your workday, simply stop before you perspire, she says.

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I was beginning to perspire; for the first time, I felt a flicker of anxiety.

He had begun to perspire, and he kept running his fingers round his neck between flesh and collar.

Mr. Wordsley began to perspire heavily, and the moisture ran down and puddled in his boots.

He does not so readily perspire excessively as other men, neither is there any want of free and easy perspiration.

It is a common opinion among the laboring portion of the community, that they who perspire freely, must drink freely.

The branch continued to "perspire" for two days, but gave off only about half the amount of water transpired by a normal branch.

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