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Perspire
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores. Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine. Smollett.