transpire

  • 31transpire — tran·spire …

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  • 32transpire — [trænˈspaɪə] verb [I] formal 1) to become known It later transpired that the driver of her car was drunk.[/ex] 2) to happen …

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  • 33transpire — [c]/trænsˈpaɪə / (say trans puyuh) verb (transpired, transpiring) –verb (i) 1. to occur, happen, or take place. 2. to become apparent: *So he picked at the German s lapel, hoping to effect a closer relationship by touch, and it transpired that… …

  • 34transpire —   v.i.,v.t. exhale; give off or escape as vapour; become known; happen.    ♦ transpiratory, a.    ♦ transpiration, n …

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  • 35transpire —   See happen …

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  • 36transpire — see SPIRIT …

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  • 37transpire — v. 1 intr. (of a secret or something unknown) leak out; come to be known. 2 intr. disp. a (prec. by it as subject) turn out; prove to be the case (it transpired he knew nothing about it). b occur; happen. 3 tr. & intr. emit (vapour, sweat, etc.) …

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  • 38happen, transpire, occur — These words are frequently used interchangeably, but not by careful users of language. Happen means to take place, to come to pass : A fatal accident just happened at that intersection. Happen, which originally indicated the taking place of… …

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  • 39Transpired — Transpire Tran*spire , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Transpired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transpiring}.] [F. transpirer; L. trans across, through + spirare to breathe. See {Spirit}.] 1. (Physiol.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to… …

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  • 40Transpiring — Transpire Tran*spire , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Transpired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transpiring}.] [F. transpirer; L. trans across, through + spirare to breathe. See {Spirit}.] 1. (Physiol.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to… …

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