- (v.i.) To be evacuated or excreted or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
- (v.i.) To excrete matter through the skin; especially, to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
- (v.t.) To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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