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perspire

verb
  1. To emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.

    "I was perspiring freely after running the marathon."

  2. To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin.

    "A fluid perspires."

Synonymssweat

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