perspire
verb (used without object)
to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
has perspired
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present perfectof perspire (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Pat Brown has perspired through Mexican square dances and 90-minute television ordeals of his own.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this the patient sits, till by means of the heated stones and water he has perspired sufficiently.
From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Brooks, Noah
He has perspired his £100, as it were, and is doubtful whether he can come up to the scratch without a refresher.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
When he has perspired freely, he goes out and plunges in the stream, the colder the water the better.
From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Inman, Henry
All the world knows how much he has talked upon this particular topic; how he has itinerated on its behalf; how he has perspired under its business.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
