PERSPIRING

Adjective

perspiring (comparative more perspiring, superlative most perspiring)

Producing perspiration; sweating.

Noun

perspiring (countable and uncountable, plural perspirings)

The act of producing perspiration.

Synonyms

• sweating

Verb

perspiring

present 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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REPLACEMENT

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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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