Webster's Dictionary 1913

3079

Perspirable

Per‐spir″a‐ble (?), a. [Cf. F. perspirable.] 1. Capable of being perspired. Sir T. Browne.2. Emitting perspiration; perspiring. Bacon.

3080

Perspiration

Per′spi‐ra″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. perspiration.] 1. The act or process of perspiring.2. That which is excreted through the skin; sweat.☞ A man of average weight throws off through...

3081

Perspirative

Per‐spir″a‐tive (?), a. Performing the act of perspiration; perspiratory.

3082

Perspiratory

Per‐spir″a‐to‐ry (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, the perspiratory ducts.

3083

Perspire

Per‐spire″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Perspired (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Perspiring.] [L. perspirare to breathe through; per + spirare. See Per-, and Spirit.] 1. (Physiol.) To excrete m...

3084

Perspire (2)

Per‐spire″, v. t. To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.Firs... perspire a fine balsam of turpentine. Smollett.

3085

Perstreperous

Per‐strep″er‐ous (?), a. [L. perstrepere to make a great noise.] Noisy; obstreperous. Ford.

3086

Perstringe

Per‐stringe″ (?), v. t. [L. perstringere; per + stringere to bind up, to touch upon.] 1. To touch; to graze; to glance on.2. To criticise; to touch upon. Evelyn.

3087

Persuadable

Per‐suad″a‐ble (?), a. That may be persuaded. — Per‐suad″a‐ble‐ness, n. — Per‐suad″a‐bly, adv.

3088

Persuade

Per‐suade″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Persuaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Persuading.] [L. persuadere, persuasum; per + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. persuader. See Per-, and Suasion.]...

3089

Persuade (2)

Per‐suade″ (?), v. i. To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. Shak.

3090

Persuade (3)

Per‐suade″, n. Persuasion. Beau. & Fl.

3091

Persuaded

Per‐suad″ed, p. p. & a. Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. — Per‐suad″ed‐ly, adv. — Per‐suad″ed‐ness, n.

3092

Persuader

Per‐suad″er (?), n. One who, or that which, persuades or influences. “Powerful persuaders.” Milton.

3093

Persuasibility

Per‐sua′si‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. Capability of being persuaded. Hawthorne.

3094

Persuasible

Per‐sua″si‐ble (?), a. [Cf. L. persuasibilis persuasive, F. persuasible persuasible.] 1. Capable of being persuaded; persuadable.2. Persuasive. Bale.— Per‐sua″si‐ble‐ness, n. — ...

3095

Persuasion

Per‐sua″sion (?), n. [L. persuasio; Cf. F. persuasion.] 1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the ...

3096

Persuasive

Per‐sua″sive (?), a. [Cf. F. persuasif.] Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence. “Persuasive words.” Milton.

3097

Persuasive (2)

Per‐sua″sive, n. That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation. — Per‐sua″sive‐ly, adv. — Per‐sua″sive‐ness, n.

3098

Persuasory

Per‐sua″so‐ry (?), a. Persuasive. Sir T. Browne.

3099

Persulphate

Per‐sul″phate (?), n.(Chem.) A sulphate of the peroxide of any base.

3100

Persulphide

Per‐sul″phide (?), n.(Chem.) A sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; — formerly called persulphuret.

3101

Persulphocyanate

Per‐sul′pho‐cy″a‐nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of persulphocyanic acid.

3102

Persulphocyanic

Per‐sul′pho‐cy‐an″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline substance (called also perthiocyanic acid), analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containin...

3103

Persulphocyanogen

Per‐sul′pho‐cy‐an″o‐gen (?), n.(Chem.) An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; — called also...

3104

Persulphuret

Per‐sul″phu‐ret (?), n.(Chem.) A persulphide.

3105

Pert

Pert (?), a. [An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known, true, free, or impudent. See Apert.] 1. Open; evident; apert. Piers Plowman.2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. Sha...