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perspirative, a. rare.|pəˈspaɪərətɪv, ˈpɜːspɪreɪtɪv| [f. L. perspīrāt-, ppl. stem of perspīrāre to perspire + -ive.] Promoting or subservient to perspiration; = next.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Perspirative, of or pertaining to perspiration or breathing or exhaling through. 1755Johnson, Perspirative, performing the act of perspiration. [Hence in later dicts.]a1776R. James Diss. Fevers (1778) 157 It is a very common error in practice,..to administer very heating and perspirative medicines, with an intent to drive out the measles as it is called. |