Transpire

[træn'spaɪə;trɑːn-] or [træn'spaɪɚ]

Definition

(verb.) give off (water) through the skin.

(verb.) come about, happen, or occur; 'Several important events transpired last week'.

(verb.) come to light; become known; 'It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany'.

(verb.) exude water vapor; 'plants transpire'.

(verb.) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas.

Editor: Wallace--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.

(v. i.) To evaporate from living cells.

(v. i.) To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.

(v. i.) To happen or come to pass; to occur.

(v. t.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.

(v. t.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.

Inputed by Claude

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Evaporate (through the pores), exhale, pass of in vapor.[2]. Become known, be disclosed, come to light, come out, be made public, get abroad, leak out.[3]. [Common, especially in the U. S., but not well authorized.] Happen, occur, come to pass.

Checker: Vivian

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Escape, appear, exude

ANT:Lurk, latitat, lie

Typist: Vance

Definition

v.t. to breathe or pass through the pores of the skin.—v.i. to exhale: to become public to come to light: to occur (a bad use).—adj. Transpīr′able.—n. Transpirā′tion act or process of transpiring; exhalation through the skin.—adj. Transpīr′atory.—n. Trans′piry act of transpiring.

Inputed by Elizabeth