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.
© Webster 1913.
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.
© Webster 1913.