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perspire

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per·spire  (pr-spr)
v. per·spired, per·spir·ing, per·spires
v.intr.
To excrete perspiration through the pores of the skin.
v.tr.
To expel through external pores; exude.

[Latin persprre, to blow steadily : per-, through; see per- + sprre, to breathe.]

perspire
Verb
[-spiring, -spired] to sweat [Latin per- through + spirare to breathe]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.perspire - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"
swelter - suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"
egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

perspire
verb sweat, glow, swelter, drip with sweat, break out in a sweat, pour with sweat, secrete sweat, be damp or wet or soaked with sweat, exude sweat
Translations
perspire [pəˈspaɪəʳ] vitranspirar, sudar

perspire [pəˈspaɪəʳ] vitranspirer

perspire [pəˈspaɪəʳ] vitranspirieren

perspire [pəˈspaɪəʳ] vitraspirare

perspire
v perspire [pəˈspaiə]
to lose moisture through the skin when hot; to sweat He was perspiring in the heat. sweet يَعْرَق потя се potit se svede schwitzen ιδρώνω transpirar higistama عرق کردن hikoilla transpirer לְהַזִיע पसीना बहाना, पसीना आना znojiti se,iznojavati izzad berkeringat svitna sudare 汗をかく 땀을 흘리다 prakaituoti svīst berpeluh transpireren svette pocić się transpirar a transpira потеть potiť sa znojiti se znojiti se svettas, transpirera เหงื่อออก terlemek 排汗,流汗 пітніти; упрівати پسيجنا، پسينہ آنا đổ mồ hôi
n perspiˈration [pəːspi-]
the moisture lost when perspiring The perspiration was running down his face. sweet عَرَق потене pot sved der Schweiß ιδρώτας transpiración higi عرق hiki transpiration זֵיעָה स्वेदन, पसीना, स्वेद znoj,znojenje izzadság keringat sviti sudore 発汗 prakait(avim)as sviedri perpeluhan zweet svette pot transpiração transpiraţie пот, испарина pot znojenje znojenje svett เหงื่อ ter(leme) 排汗 піт, потіння پسينہ عرق mồ hôi


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Well, you know, when you perspire that way, in rivers, there comes a time when you -- when you -- well, when you itch.
Tulliver to employ Counsellor Wylde on his side, instead of having that admirable bully against him; and the prospect of seeing a witness of Wakem's made to perspire and become confounded, as Mr.
And then--one does not wish to be unduly realistic, but the fact is too important to be ignored--he began to perspire.
 
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