Thesaurus: perspire

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1. v. i. To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
2. v. i. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
3. v. t. To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.
4. v. excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
5. 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. To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores. Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine. Smollett.
6. To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluidsthrough the pores of the skin; to sweat.
7. v:100 v excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin