In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PERSPIRED
Verb
perspired
simple past tense and past participle of perspire
Source: Wiktionary
PERSPIRE
Per*spire", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perspired; p. pr. & vb. n. Perspiring.] Etym: [L. perspirare to breathe through; per + spirare. See Per-, and Spirit.]
1. (Physiol.)
Definition: To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat.
2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.
Per*spire", v. t.
Definition: To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores. Firs . . . perspire a fine balsam of turpentine. Smollett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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