perspirative, a. rare.
(pəˈspaɪərətɪv, ˈpɜːspɪreɪtɪv)
[f. L. perspīrāt-, ppl. stem of perspīrāre to perspire + -ive.]
Promoting or subservient to perspiration; = next.
| 1730–6 Bailey (folio), Perspirative, of or pertaining to perspiration or breathing or exhaling through. 1755 Johnson, Perspirative, performing the act of perspiration. [Hence in later dicts.] a 1776 R. 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. |