transpire

/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)//tɹænˈspaɪ̯ɚ/

verb

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    To perspire.

  3. 3

    Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.

  4. 4

    To become known; to escape from secrecy.

    “It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer.”
  5. 5

    To happen, take place.

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