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perspire

v.
US //pɝˈspaɪɹ// UK //pəspˈaɪə// per·spire Archaic
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French perspirer and its source Latin perspīrō (“to breathe everywhere, blow constantly”), from per (“through”) + spīrō (“to breathe”); see spirit.

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