TRANSPIRE


Meaning of TRANSPIRE in English

tran ‧ spire /trænˈspaɪə $ -ˈspaɪr/ BrE AmE verb

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: transpirer , from Latin spirare 'to breathe' ]

1 . it transpires that formal if it transpires that something is true, you discover that it is true:

It now transpires that he kept all the money for himself.

2 . [transitive] formal to happen:

Exactly what transpired remains unknown.

3 . [intransitive and transitive] technical when a plant transpires, water passes through the surface of its leaves

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.