transpire
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
transpire (transpires, present participle transpiring; past and past participle transpired)
- (ambitransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete, intransitive) To perspire. [17th-19th c.]
- (botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. [from 17th c.]
- (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy. [from 18th c.]
- It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer.
- The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.
- (loosely, intransitive) To happen, take place. [from 18th c.]
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 166:
- Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 166:
- (become known) be revealed, be discovered, come to light
- (happen) come about, come to pass, occur; See also Thesaurus:happen
- (perspire) perspire, sweat
- French: transpirer
- French: transpirer
- French: transpirer
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