perspiratev.
/ˈpəːspᵻreɪt/, U.S. /ˈpərspəˌreɪt/ rare.
intransitive. To perspire.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of sweat > sweat [verb (intransitive)]
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shvitz1957
1844 W. M. Thackeray Carmen Lilliense iii. i, in Misc. (1855) I. 104 The sun bursts out in furious blaze, I perspirate from head to heel.
2000 Jrnl. Austral. Stud. 64 46 It was preferable for them [sc. women] not to perspirate or menstruate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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