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.
have perspired
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present perfectof perspire.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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The previous owner seems to have perspired something akin to battery acid.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2010
At Chicago's Board of Trade, biggest and busiest commodity market in the world, pit brokers have perspired through two weeks of record business.
From Time Magazine Archive
After you have perspired enough, turn out and turn into the shallow bath.
From Turkish and Other Baths A Guide to Good Health and Longevity by Stables, Gordon
But, though he found afterwards that he must have perspired freely, he courageously stood his ground.
From Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)
