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perspired

perspired is the simple past and past participle of perspire.

Meaning of perspire

Verb

perspire (third-person singular simple present perspires, present participle perspiring, simple past and past participle perspired)

  1. (ambitransitive) To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
    • I was perspiring freely after running the marathon.
    Synonyms:
    sweat
  2. (intransitive) To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.
    • A fluid perspires.
  3. (ambitransitive, rare) To cause (someone) to sweat.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    sweat

Questions about perspired

What is perspired the simple past and past participle of?
Perspired is the simple past and past participle of perspire.

Words near perspired in the dictionary

  1. perspiration
  2. perspirations
  3. perspirative
  4. perspiratory
  5. perspire
  6. perspired
  7. perspirer
  8. perspirers
  9. perspires
  10. perspiring
  11. perspiringly

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