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- pronunciation:
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spaIr
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
perspires, perspiring, perspired |
| definition: |
to exude moisture through the pores of the skin; sweat.
The actors were perspiring heavily under the stage lights. |
| related words: |
stew |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to exude through the pores of the skin.
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adverb + (v.)perspire
again, fast, finally, freely, hard, heavily, more, off, often, once, profusely, slightly, soon, still, suddenly, visibly
(v.)perspire
+ noun
air,
bed,
body,
boy,
breath,
bride,
brow,
face,
fat,
food,
foot,
forehead,
glass,
hair,
hand,
head,
heart,
heat,
horse,
man,
morning,
mother,
muscle,
palm,
shirt,
skin,
suit,
sweat
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| derivation: |
perspiringly (adv.) |
The word perspire
contains the following parts:
per-
Latin
prefix
that means through, throughout; very
  Example words:
impermeable, impermissible, imperturbable, impervious, parvenu, perambulate, perceive, perception, percolate, perennial, perfect, perfidy, perfoliate, perforate, perform, perfunctory, perjury, permanent, permeate, permissible, permission, permit, permute, pernicious, perorate, perpetual, perplex, persecute, persevere, persist, persistent, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, perspire, persuade, persuasion, persuasive, pertinacious, perturb, peruse, pervade, perverse, pervert, pervious, semipermeable
spir, spiro
Latin
root
that means breathe
Example words:
aspirate, aspiration, aspire, conspiracy, conspirator, conspire, expire, inspiration, inspire, perspiration, perspire, respiration, respiratory, respire, spiracle, spirit, spiritual, transpire
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