perspire

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

perspire
    v 1: excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin;
         "Exercise makes one sweat" [syn: {sweat}, {sudate},
         {perspire}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Perspire \Per*spire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Perspired}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Perspiring}.] [L. perspirare to breathe through; per
   + spirare. See {Per-}, and {Spirit}.]
   1. (Physiol.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to
      excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
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   2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the
      pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Perspire \Per*spire"\, v. t.
   To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat;
   to excrete through pores.
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         Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine.
                                                  --Smollett.
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