perspire
verb [I] /pəˈspaɪər/
/pɚˈspaɪɚ/ formalDefinition
› or polite word for sweat (= to pass liquid through the skin): He was perspiring in his thick woollen suit. The journalists and camera crews began to perspire in the heat as they stood waiting for the president to appear.Bodily fluids and their productionUrine and urinating
(Definition of perspire verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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