perspire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perspire	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for perspire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perspire v excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" Synonym(s): sweat, sudate, perspire
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perspire \Perspire"\, v. t. To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores. Firs . . . perspire* a fine balsam of turpentine. --Smollett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perspire \Per*spire"\, 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. 2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.