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perspire

verb as in become wet with sweat

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They do not sweat like humans – only perspiring a small amount through the pads on their paws, with their often thick fur coats meaning their core temperature can rise quickly in high temperatures.

From BBC

Then he mopped his perspiring brow with me.

Your nose will perspire and you will feel compelled to touch it.

Still he battled on against the Dutch - limping, perspiring and also taking one stomach-churning blow where no man wants to be hit as he went.

From BBC

Scientists believe that if you perspire more during the later questions, then you are lying.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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