Crossword clues for transpire
transpire
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Transpire \Tran*spire"\, v. t.
(Physiol.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
(Bot.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
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.]
(Physiol.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.
(Bot.) To evaporate from living cells.
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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.
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To happen or come to pass; to occur.
Note: This sense of the word, which is of comparatively recent introduction, is common in the United States, especially in the language of conversation and of newspaper writers, and is used to some extent in England. Its use, however, is censured by critics of both countries.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "pass off in the form of a vapor or liquid," from Middle French transpirer (16c.), from Latin trans- "through" (see trans-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). Figurative sense of "leak out, become known" is recorded from 1741, and the erroneous meaning "take place, happen" is almost as old, being first recorded 1755. Related: Transpired; transpiring.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). (from 16th c.) 2 (context obsolete English) To perspire. (17th-19th c.) 3 (context botany English) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomat
(from 17th c.) 4 To become known; to escape from secrecy. (from 18th c.) 5 (context loosely English) To happen, take place. (from 18th c.)
WordNet
v. pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas [syn: transpirate]
exude water vapor; "plants transpire"
come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"
come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"
give off (water) through the skin
Usage examples of "transpire".
All that had transpired since the first murders at Allure was suddenly redefined for everyone, especially the public, who would hear and greedily read about the new twists and turns the following morning at the latest.
If the drow or the fiend are able to relay to anyoneanyone at allwhat transpired here today, you will lose your backing from the other Houses.
In her hazy half-asleep state, with her eyes still closed and her senses not yet fully alert, Maire mulled over the events that had transpired the previous day and what she must do on this new day.
There was an edge to her voice that we had never heard from Mousie Moore and I knew then that whatever else had transpired on that lost island, the woman who had been rescued was not the one I had lost.
Much had already transpired, as Adams learned from meetings with John Jay and a young American merchant named Matthew Ridley, whom Adams had met earlier in Holland and who, though he had no official role, seemed to know all that was going on.
He was overcome, it seemed, by the affection which it now transpired that Little Arcady bore for him.
Their thoughts were on what had transpired in recent months on the Cana road, and at the wedding feast.
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His future depended upon what transpired here in this place far from the Lacandon jungle.
Sir Stuart Macclesfield, it transpired, was in a nursing home recovering from pneumonia.
Science was moving from a world of macrophysics, where objects could be seen and held and measured, to one of microphysics, where events transpire with unimaginable swiftness on scales far below the limits of imagining.
He told the American what had transpired and that he and Monsignor Mansoni were waiting for him in his office.
It transpired that a technical sub-committee had been called once, and had recommended a further investigation of the Poulsen System.
And in truth, if we can believe what has since transpired through the quarrels of accomplices, it appears that in the event of a sudden attack being made by us upon Mazas to deliver them, a fusillade had been resolved upon, and that St.
The following day Henry returned to Oxford and Amelia and her husband left for London without Katherine, whose mind was filled with confusion over what had transpired the previous day.