tranzˈpī(ə)r, traan-, -n(t)ˈsp-, -īə verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle French transpirer, from Latin trans- + spirare to breathe — more at spirit
transitive verb
1. : to cause (as a gas or liquid) to pass through a tissue or substance or its pores or interstices
2. : to excrete or give off (as moisture or vapor) through the skin, a membrane, or living cells : perspire , exude , exhale
intransitive verb
1. : to emit moisture, vapor, or perfume ; specifically : to give off or exude watery vapor from the surfaces of leaves or other parts
a plant transpires more freely on a hot dry day
2. : to pass out or escape in the form of a vapor from a living body
moisture transpires through the skin
3.
a. : to become known or apparent : develop
it transpired that he had still been sitting … when the bomb struck — C.D.Lewis
it soon transpired that there were two … conceptions of this problem — C.H.Malik
only good faculties, it transpired, were inherited — Walter Lippmann
b. : to be revealed : leak out : come to light
had to wait until 1934 for the secret to transpire — E.C.Wagenknecht
it had just transpired that he had left gaming debts behind him — Jane Austen
4. : to come to pass : happen , occur
a course of events which transpire with unbelievable rapidity — H.G.Moseley
I gave an honest account of what transpired — J.A.Michener
more things transpire on a racetrack than are chronicled in the newspapers — Gerald Beaumont
Synonyms: see happen