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transpire

tran·spire [ tran spr ] (past and past participle tran·spired, present participle tran·spir·ing, 3rd person present singular tran·spires)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb come to light: to become known or be disclosed
It later transpired that they had been furious at what had happened.

2. intransitive verb happen: to take place
What transpired after they left remains a secret.

3. transitive and intransitive verb physiology give off vapor through skin: to give off water vapor through the pores of the skin

4. transitive and intransitive verb botany lose water vapor: to lose water vapor from a plant's surface, especially through minute surface pores stomata

[15th century. Directly or via French transpirer< medieval Latin transpirare "breathe through" < Latin spirare "breathe"]

tran·spir·a·ble adjective
tran·spi·ra·tion [ trànspə ráysh'n ] noun
tran·spi·ra·to·ry adjective

Word Usage

The use of transpire to mean "happen," as in the sentence Tell me what transpired at the meeting, is sometimes criticized, although it has been in common use for several centuries and conveys something of the sense inherent in its uncontroversial meaning "become known or be disclosed": It transpired that the President had known about the plan all along.

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