perspire

Meaning

  1. (ambitransitive) To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
  2. (intransitive) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
  3. (ambitransitive, rare) To cause (someone) to sweat.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/pəˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
Etymology

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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