vi to evaporate from living cells.
2. transpire ·vt to evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
3. transpire ·vi to happen or come to pass; to occur.
4. transpire ·vi to pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.
5. transpire ·vi to escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
6. transpire ·vt to excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.