Definition of perspire Perspire

/pɚspajˈɹ/ - [perspayr] - per•spire

We found 9 definitions of perspire from 6 different sources.

What does perspire mean?

Verb perspires, perspiring, perspired
perspire - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"
		sweat, sudate
		egest, excrete, eliminate, pass eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
		sweat off lose weight by sweating; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna"
		swelter suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"

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perspire (Verb)
To emit sweat or perspiration through the skin's pores.
perspire (Verb)
To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.

perspire (v. i.)
To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
perspire (v. i.)
To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
perspire (v. t.)
To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.

perspire
per-spīr′, v.i. and v.t. to emit or to be emitted, as moisture, through the pores of the skin: to sweat.—n. Perspirabil′ity.—adj. Perspīr′able, capable of being perspired.—v.i. Per′spirāte (rare), to sweat.—n. Perspirā′tion, act of perspiring: that which is perspired: moisture given out through the pores of the skin: sweat.—adj. Perspīr′atory, pertaining to or causing perspiration. [L. perspirāre, -ātum—per, through, spirāre, to breathe.]

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