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The Meaning of perspire

  • (v. i.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
  • (v. i.) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
  • (v. t.) To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.

Rhymes

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