[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

perspire \perspire"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. perspired; p. pr. 
   vb. n. perspiring. l. perspirare to breathe through; per
   + spirare. see per-, and spirit.
   1. physiol. to excrete matter through the skin; esp., to
      excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
      1913 webster

   2. to be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the
      pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
      1913 webster
see also:
perspired perspiring per- spirit 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

perspire \perspire"\, v. t.
   to emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat;
   to excrete through pores.
   1913 webster

         firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine.
                                                  --smollett.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

perspire
     v : excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin;
         "exercise makes one sweat" syn: sweat, sudate
see also:
sweat sudate 

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