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perspire
[ per-spahyuhr ]
verb (used without object)
- 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)
- to emit through pores; exude.
perspire
/ pəˈspaɪə /
verb
- to secrete or exude (perspiration) through the pores of the skin
Derived Forms
- perˈspiringly, adverb
Other Words From
- per·spira·bili·ty noun
- per·spira·ble adjective
- per·spiring·ly adverb
- per·spiry adjective
- unper·spired adjective
- unper·spiring adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of perspire1
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.
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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