perspire

Definition

To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French perspirer and its source Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spīrō (“to breathe”); see spirit.

Example Sentences

• "I was perspiring freely after running the marathon."
• "He lists forty reasons, mainly metaphorical, why Christ perspired blood, and his peroration takes twenty-two pages in print."
• "A fluid perspires."

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