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.
perspirable
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a word derived from
perspire.
Example Sentences
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The remote cause of the former arises from the dissipation of the aqueous parts of our fluids by the increased secretion of perspirable matter, or other evacuations.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Add to this, that the sweats above mentioned were clammy or glutinous, which the condensed perspirable matter is not; whence it would seem to have been a different fluid from that of common perspiration.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
As the skin becomes cooler, the evaporation of the perspirable matter becomes less, as well as the absorption of it.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
We may from hence understand, that the increase of this secretion of perspirable matter by artificial means, must be followed by debility and emaciation.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Secondly, the skin of the fetus is covered with a whitish crust or pellicle, which would seem to preclude any idea of the liquor amnii being produced by any exsudation of perspirable matter.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
