perspire

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perspire

/pəˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ UK
/pɚˈspaɪɹ/ Canada, US
/pɚˈspaɪɚ/ Canada, US
/pəˈspɑɪə(ɹ)/ Australia

Rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)

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Borrowed from Middle French perspirer and its source Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spīrō (“to breathe”); see spirit.

verb perspires · perspiring · perspired

ambitransitive To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores. I was perspiring freely after running the marathon.
Similar: sweat
intransitive To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin. A fluid perspires.
ambitransitive, rare To cause (someone) to sweat. Outside his window a long, humid summer, the first hot season of the third millennium, baked and perspired.
Similar: sweat

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@misc{perspire_2026,
  title = {perspire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/perspire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}