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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And others on the external body, as those which secrete the tears, and perspirable matter.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Whence greater heat, a greater secretion of perspirable matter, and of mucus; and a greater absorption of them both, and of aerial moisture.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
From the want of a long convolution of vessels some have doubted, whether these capillaries should be considered as glands, and have been led to conclude, that the perspirable matter rather exuded than was secreted.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
By using thinner and more porous bed-clothes, which will suffer the perspirable matter more easily to pass through them, we are less incommoded, such being longer tolerable.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson
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
