transpire

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
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/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /tɹænˈspaɪ̯ɚ/ (US)

Definition of transpire

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
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verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
  2. (intransitive, obsolete)To perspire.
  3. (intransitive)Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
  4. (intransitive)To become known; to escape from secrecy.
    “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.”
    “Hubert then recommends M. Leproux to be punctual to meet him at the rendezvous agreed on between them, where a third individual, whose name did not transpire, was to join them.”
  5. (broadly, intransitive)To happen, take place.
    “Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired.”
    “But there is a school of thought that holds that the more you talk about recession, the more likely it is to transpire.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transpirer, from Medieval Latin transpirare (“to breathe through”), from Latin trans (“across”) spirare (“to breathe”). The sense “to become known” is also present in French, while the sense “to happen” is not; the latter probably developed in English from the former.

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