meaning of the word perspire
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Perspire(verb) to excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat. Perspire(verb) to be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires. Perspire(verb) to emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores. Origin: [L. perspirare to breathe through; per + spirare.