Definition of Perspired

1. Verb. (past of perspire) ¹

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Definition of Perspired

1. perspire [v] - See also: perspire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perspired

perspicils
perspicuities
perspicuity
perspicuous
perspicuously
perspicuousness
perspirability
perspirable
perspirate
perspiration
perspirations
perspirative
perspiratory
perspiratory glands
perspire
perspired (current term)
perspirer
perspirers
perspires
perspiring
perspiringly
perspiry
perst
perstillation
perstraction
perstractions
perstreperous
perstringe
persuadability
persuadable

Literary usage of Perspired

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

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1896)
"The child perspired very profusely at night, and often, also, in the daytime when exerting herself. There was no tremor; the reflexes were normal The mental ..."

2. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"... bis skin looked of an unhealthy hue ; he was irritable and nervous, and perspired copiously with the least exertion, and had lost flesh considerably. ..."

3. Sketches of the Philosophy of Life by Thomas Charles Morgan (1819)
"... herbivorous Animals—Uric Acid—Skin considered as an organ of secretion in various animals—Relation of the perspired fluids to the urinary and intestinal ..."

4. Physical education; or, The nurture and management of children, founded on by Samuel Smiles (1838)
"C. EXCRETION OF perspired FLUIDS. But the most important function of the skin, as connected with our subject, is Excretion of old matter from the system in ..."

5. Forgotten Meanings, Or, An Hour with a Dictionary by Alfred Waites (1886)
"... i have much perspired." In fact, transpire and perspire are etymologically as nearly perfect synonymes as the nature of language permits : the latter, ..."

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