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transpire
[ tran-spahyuhr ]
verb (used without object)
- to occur; happen; take place.
- to emit or give off waste matter, watery vapor, etc., through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
- to escape, as moisture or odor, through or as if through pores.
- to be revealed or become known.
verb (used with object)
- to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
transpire
/ ˌtrænspəˈreɪʃən; trænˈspaɪə /
verb
- intr to come to light; be known
- informal.intr to happen or occur
- physiol to give off or exhale (water or vapour) through the skin, a mucous membrane, etc
- (of plants) to lose (water in the form of water vapour), esp through the stomata of the leaves
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Derived Forms
- transpiration, noun
- tranˈspiratory, adjective
- tranˈspirable, adjective
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Other Words From
- tran·spir·a·ble adjective
- tran·spir·a·to·ry [tran-, spahyr, -, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
- un·tran·spir·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transpire1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transpire1
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Example Sentences
And how could I let such a thing as cancer transpire on my watch?
Whether all this can successively transpire in the wake of whatever happens with health-care legislation is highly problematic.
What his object was in denying knowledge we knew he possessed did not transpire till later.
To take a present instance: the verb transpire formerly conveyed very expressively its correct meaning, viz.
An event of so much importance could not be suffered to transpire without being duly solemnized.
They found the room already occupied by some six or eight street roughs, evidently waiting for what might transpire.
But an occurrence which now happened distracted attention from the so-called plot, whether real or imaginary did not transpire.
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