Perspire.

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Perspire.

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1LesMiserables
Sep 26, 2011, 6:31 pm

Has anyone heard of the word 'perspire' being used in the sense of 'dying' / 'expiring'?

In the OED it gives no such definition, but does mention 'perspire' in on sense as a 'breathing out'.

It might be possible that perspire could be used in the sense of 'breathed out one's last breath'?