a. Obs. rare. [f. ppl. stem of med. or mod.L. transpīrāre to TRANSPIRE + -IVE.] Having the quality of transpiring, or a tendency to transpire.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, I. 7. As if it should not haue passage out, after a certaine transpiratiue manner.
1662. J. Chandler, Van Helmont’s Oriat., 181. The whole arterial bloud … dispersed by the transpirative evaporation of the Body.
1753. N. Torriano, Gangr. Sore Throat, 55. The transpirative Matter,… carried back into the Mass of Humours, corrupts not only the Fluids,… but also the Solids.
