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PERSPIRE

\pəspˈa͡ɪ͡ə], \pəspˈa‍ɪ‍ə], \p_ə_s_p_ˈaɪə]\

Definitions of PERSPIRE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To sweat; to throw off or pass off, as a fluid, through the pores of the skin.
Perspiratory.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To emit through the pores of the skin: to sweat.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To emit fluid through the pores; sweat.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To excrete through the pores of the skin; to sweat.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To sweat; to emit or exhale through the pores of the skin.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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