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Definition of Perspire

1. Verb. Excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin. "Did his feet perspire?"; "Exercise makes one sweat"

Definition of Perspire

1. v. i. To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.

2. v. t. To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.

Definition of Perspire

1. Verb. to emit sweat or perspiration through the skin's pores ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perspire

1. to give off moisture through the pores of the skin [v -SPIRED, -SPIRING, -SPIRES] : PERSPIRY [adj]

Medical Definition of Perspire

1. To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores. "Firs . . . Perspire a fine balsam of turpentine." (Smollett) 1. To excrete matter through the skin; especially, 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. Origin: L. Perspirare to breathe through; per + spirare. See Per-, and Spirit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perspire

Literary usage of Perspire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... (NORTHERN INDIA TRANSPORT TRAIN) WOT makes the soldier's 'eart to penk, wot makes 'im to perspire ? It isn't standin' up to charge nor lyin' down to ..."

2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Perspiration in general of single parts; on back part of the body; great disposition to perspire ; perspiration, with anxiety ; compound or intermittent ..."

3. A dictionary of the German terms used in medicine by George Rogers Cutter (1879)
"Schwitzen, vn, (aux. haben) to perspire, ... va, to cause to sweat or perspire. Schwitzen, »., sweating, perspiring. ..."

4. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"Near one of the basins here a linen cloth is spread for the bather, and he is now left to perspire. As soon as the skin is thoroughly moist, ..."

5. Therapeutic Gazette (1901)
"The circulation is enfeebled; the feet perspire freely, are cold, and upon inspection the tubercle of the scaphoid is more prominent. ..."

6. The London Medical Gazette (1842)
"He is very low-spin ted ; his memory has of late become defective ; perspire* freely on the slightest exertion ; has frequent nausea at the sight of food; ..."

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