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per·spire

 (pər-spīr′)
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 perspīrāre, to blow steadily : per-, through; see per- + spīrāre, to breathe.]
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perspire

(pəˈspaɪə)
vb
to secrete or exude (perspiration) through the pores of the skin. Also (rare): perspirate
[C17: from Latin perspīrāre to blow, from per- (through) + spīrāre to breathe; compare inspire]
perˈspiringly adv
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per•spire

(pərˈspaɪər)

v. -spired, -spir•ing. v.i.
1. to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands of the skin; sweat.
v.t.
2. to emit through pores; exude.
[1640–50; < French perspirer]
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perspire


Past participle: perspired
Gerund: perspiring

Imperative
perspire
perspire
Present
I perspire
you perspire
he/she/it perspires
we perspire
you perspire
they perspire
Preterite
I perspired
you perspired
he/she/it perspired
we perspired
you perspired
they perspired
Present Continuous
I am perspiring
you are perspiring
he/she/it is perspiring
we are perspiring
you are perspiring
they are perspiring
Present Perfect
I have perspired
you have perspired
he/she/it has perspired
we have perspired
you have perspired
they have perspired
Past Continuous
I was perspiring
you were perspiring
he/she/it was perspiring
we were perspiring
you were perspiring
they were perspiring
Past Perfect
I had perspired
you had perspired
he/she/it had perspired
we had perspired
you had perspired
they had perspired
Future
I will perspire
you will perspire
he/she/it will perspire
we will perspire
you will perspire
they will perspire
Future Perfect
I will have perspired
you will have perspired
he/she/it will have perspired
we will have perspired
you will have perspired
they will have perspired
Future Continuous
I will be perspiring
you will be perspiring
he/she/it will be perspiring
we will be perspiring
you will be perspiring
they will be perspiring
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been perspiring
you have been perspiring
he/she/it has been perspiring
we have been perspiring
you have been perspiring
they have been perspiring
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been perspiring
you will have been perspiring
he/she/it will have been perspiring
we will have been perspiring
you will have been perspiring
they will have been perspiring
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been perspiring
you had been perspiring
he/she/it had been perspiring
we had been perspiring
you had been perspiring
they had been perspiring
Conditional
I would perspire
you would perspire
he/she/it would perspire
we would perspire
you would perspire
they would perspire
Past Conditional
I would have perspired
you would have perspired
he/she/it would have perspired
we would have perspired
you would have perspired
they would have perspired
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.perspire - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"
sudate, sweat
swelter - suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"
egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
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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 He began to perspire heavily.
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perspire

verb
To excrete moisture through the pores of the skin:
lather, sweat.
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Translations
يَعْرَق
potit se
svede
ŝviti
svitna
prakaitasprakaitavimasprakaituoti
svīst
znojiti se

perspire

[pəsˈpaɪəʳ] VI → transpirar (frm), sudar
to perspire freely → transpirar or sudar mucho
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

perspire

[pərˈspaɪər] vi → transpirer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

perspire

vi → schwitzen, transpirieren (geh)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

perspire

[pəˈspaɪəʳ] vi → traspirare, sudare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

perspire

(pəˈspaiə) verb
to lose moisture through the skin when hot; to sweat. He was perspiring in the heat.
ˌperspiˈration (pəːspi-) noun
the moisture lost when perspiring. The perspiration was running down his face.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

per·spire

vi. sudar, transpirar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

perspire

vi transpirar, sudar
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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