TRANSPIRE

v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.

2.
v.

To evaporate from living cells.

3.
v.

To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired. The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travelers. De Quincey.

4.
v.

To happen or come to pass; to occur.

5.
v.

To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.

6.
v.

To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.

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