transpire

4 definitions found

transpire - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 exhale.
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     2. (Bot.) To evaporate from living cells.
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     3. To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the
        proceedings of the council soon transpired.
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              The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual
              attachment had transpired through many of the
              travelers.                            --De Quincey.
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     4. To happen or come to pass; to occur.
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     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.
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  Transpire \Tran*spire"\, v. t.
     1. (Physiol.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the
        form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
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     2. (Bot.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
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transpire - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  transpire
      v 1: pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or
           interstices, as of gas [syn: transpire, transpirate]
      2: exude water vapor; "plants transpire"
      3: come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had
         worked as spy in East Germany"
      4: come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events
         transpired last week"
      5: give off (water) through the skin

transpire - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "transpire":
     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, develop, discharge, effuse, emit,
     eventuate, excrete, exfiltrate, extravasate, exudate, exude, fall,
     fall out, filter, filtrate, get out, give off, go, go off, hap,
     happen, leach, leak, leak out, lixiviate, manifest itself,
     materialize, occur, ooze, out, pass, pass off, percolate, reek,
     result, seep, show its colors, show its face, stand revealed,
     strain, take place, transude, turn out, weep