Past tense of perspire
regular verb
The past tense of perspire is perspired. The past participle is also perspired.
Forms of perspire
| Base form (V1) | perspire /pəˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | perspired |
| Past participle (V3) | perspired |
| Present participle | perspiring |
| Third person singular | perspires |
Perspired in a sentence
- He lists forty reasons, mainly metaphorical, why Christ perspired blood, and his peroration takes twenty-two pages in print.2010, Susan C. Karant-Nunn, The Reformation of Feeling
- Outside his window a long, humid summer, the first hot season of the third millennium, baked and perspired.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3
- What!" was his oration, after which he resumed his seat and perspired profusely.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry profusely
- I probably perspired more dancing then during the afternoon ballgame.2011, Vern Shutz, Memoirs of a Left Hander, page 96. From the entry oven
Meaning of perspire
- verb To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
- verb To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
- verb To cause (someone) to sweat.
Questions about the past tense of perspire
- What is the past tense of perspire?
- The past tense of perspire is perspired.
- What is the past participle of perspire?
- The past participle of perspire is perspired.
- Is perspire a regular or irregular verb?
- Perspire is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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