"perspire" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-perspire.ogg [US] Forms: perspires [present, singular, third-person], perspiring [participle, present], perspired [participle, past], perspired [past]
Rhymes: -aɪə(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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|perspirer}} Middle French perspirer, {{bor|en|la|perspīrō||to breathe everywhere, blow constantly}} Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), {{m|la|per||through}} per (“through”), {{m|la|spīrō||to breathe}} spīrō (“to breathe”), {{m|en|spirit}} spirit Head templates: {{en-verb}} perspire (third-person singular simple present perspires, present participle perspiring, simple past and past participle perspired)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Synonyms: sweat
    Sense id: en-perspire-en-verb-CayJytU9 Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 54 27 19
  2. (intransitive) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-perspire-en-verb--qxVsdym Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 76 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 70 19
  3. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To cause (someone) to sweat. Tags: intransitive, rare, transitive Synonyms: sweat
    Sense id: en-perspire-en-verb-6A566Trm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: conspire, inspire, perspiration, respire, transpire

Inflected forms

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