Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To perspire; sweat.
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- adjective rare
Sweaty , moist withperspiration . - verb dated To
perspire , tosweat .
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Examples
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Ah! To think of it causes me to perspirate with sweat.
The Winds of the World Talbot Mundy 1909
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Everything worked well till he begun to perspirate, and then there was music, and don't you forget it.
Remarks Bill Nye 1873
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