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Verb Emit Perspire Per·Spire Perspiration Perspiring Intransitive Perspirer

Title perspire
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
per·spire
\\pər-ˈspī(-ə)r\\ intransitive verb
(per·spired ; per·spir·ing)
 ETYMOLOGY  French perspirer, from Middle French, from Latin per- through + spirare to blow, breathe — more at
per-
 DATE  circa 1682
: to emit matter through the skin; specifically : to secrete and emit perspiration
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
perspire
per·spire / pE5spaiE(r); NAmE pEr5s- / verb [V]
   (formal) to produce sweat on your body
   出汗;排汗;发汗
   SYN 
sweat
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of English


perspire
verb

ADV. heavily, profusely He had been working hard and was perspiring profusely. | a little

PREP. with She was perspiring a little with the heat.

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
per·spire
\pə(r)ˈspī(ə)r, -īə\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: French perspirer, from Middle French, from per- through (from Latin) + -spirer (from Latin spirare to blow, breathe) — more at
per-
,
spirit

intransitive verb
1. : to pass off by evaporation or exhalation especially through the pores of a substance
 < beads of moisture perspiring through the porous walls of a clay water jug >
2. : to emit matter through the skin; specifically : to secrete and emit perspiration
3. : to expend effort (as in thought) to such a degree as might be expected to cause sweating
transitive verb
1. : to emit, exhale, or evacuate through pores
 < firs … perspire a fine balsam of turpentine — Tobias Smollett >
2. : to emit (a substance) as or in perspiration
 < whooped and drank and perspired beer — Christopher Isherwood >

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