† transpirativeadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Having the quality of transpiring, or a tendency to transpire.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of sweat > [adjective]
transpirative1578
sudatory1598
hydrotical1616
perspirable1646
hydrotic1671
hidrotic1728
perspiratory1769
perspirable1805
transpiratory1855
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > of intangible things or particles from an object
transpirative1578
exuvious1653
effluvious1668
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 6v As if it should not haue passage out, after a certaine transpiratiue manner.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 181 The whole arterial bloud..dispersed by the transpirative evaporation of the Body.
1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 55 The transpirative Matter,..carried back into the Mass of Humours, corrupts not only the Fluids,..but also the Solids.
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