Category:Perspire

Per*spire", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perspired; p. pr. & vb. n. Perspiring.] Etym: [l. perspirare to breathe through; per + spirare. See per-, and spirit.]

1. (physiol.)

Defn: 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.

Perspire Per*spire", v. t.

Defn: to emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to Excrete through pores. Firs. . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine. Smollett.