transpire
11transpire — verb (transpired; transpiring) Etymology: Middle French transpirer, from Medieval Latin transpirare, from Latin trans + spirare to breathe Date: 1597 transitive verb to pass off or give passage to (a fluid) through pores or interstices;… …
12transpire — verb 1) it transpired that her family had moved away Syn: become known, emerge, come to light, be revealed, turn out, come out, be discovered, prove to be the case, unfold 2) I m going to find out exactly what transpired Syn: happen …
13transpire — UK [trænˈspaɪə(r)] / US [trænˈspaɪr] verb [intransitive] Word forms transpire : present tense I/you/we/they transpire he/she/it transpires present participle transpiring past tense transpired past participle transpired 1) formal to happen 2)… …
14transpire — transpirable, adj. transpiratory /tran spuyr euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /tran spuyeur /, v., transpired, transpiring. v.i. 1. to occur; happen; take place. 2. to emit or give off waste matter, watery vapor, etc., through the surface, as of the… …
15transpire — See happen. See happen, transpire, occur …
16transpire — verb 1》 (usu. it transpires) come to be known; prove to be so. 2》 happen. 3》 Botany (of a plant or leaf) give off water vapour through the stomata. Derivatives transpiration noun Origin ME: from Fr. transpirer or med. L. transpirare, from L.… …
17transpire — tran•spire [[t]trænˈspaɪər[/t]] v. spired, spir•ing 1) to occur; happen; take place 2) to emit or give off waste matter, watery vapor, etc., through the surface, as of leaves or the body 3) to escape, as moisture or odor, through or as if through …
18transpire — verb /tɹænˈspaɪə,tɹænˈspaɪɚ/ a) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired. b) Of plants, to give… …
19transpire — To exhale vapor from the skin or respiratory mucous membrane. [trans + L. spiro, to breathe] …
20transpire — Synonyms and related words: appear, arise, be found, be met with, be realized, be revealed, become known, befall, betide, bleed, break, break forth, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, come out, come to light, come to pass, come true,… …
