-perspir-

a. [ Cf. F. perspirable. ] 1. Capable of being perspired. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Emitting perspiration; perspiring. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. perspiration. ] 1. The act or process of perspiring. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is excreted through the skin; sweat. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A man of average weight throws off through the skin during 24 hours about 18 ounces of water, 300 grains of solid matter, and 400 grains of carbonic acid gas. Ordinarily, this constant exhalation is not apparent, and the excretion is then termed insensible perspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Performing the act of perspiration; perspiratory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, the perspiratory ducts. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires. [ 1913 Webster ]