Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PER-SPIRE', v.i. [L. per and spiro, to breathe.]

1. To evacuate the fluids of the body through the excretories of the skin without sensible condensation of moisture upon the surface; as, a person perspires freely.
2. To be evacuated or excreted insensibly through the excretories of the skin; as, a fluid perspires.