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Meaning of 'perspire' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Perspire [ v. i.]
- To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
- To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
2 . Perspire [ v. t.]
- To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.

Meaning of 'perspire' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . perspire [ v]
Meaning (1):
- excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
Example in sentence:
  • Exercise makes one sweat

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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