perspire.
To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
Meaning & usage
To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
I was perspiring freely after running the marathon.
To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
A fluid perspires.
To cause (someone) to sweat.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French perspirer and its source Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spīrō (“to breathe”); see spirit.
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