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
When he has perspired freely take him out of the pack, wash him with warm water and soap, rub him down, give him a drink of cold water and put him to bed.
From The Royal Road to Health by Charles Alfred Tyrrell
Blanket the horse well; after the horse has perspired for an hour or more, give one quart of raw Linseed Oil.
From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus
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
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 Henry Inman
