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.
2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude,
through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
Per*spire", v. t. To emit or
evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through
pores.
Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of
turpentine.
Smollett.