What does "perspire" mean?
Perspire: To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
Additional senses
- 2.To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores. Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine. Smollett.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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