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tran·spire  (trn-spr)

v. tran·spired, tran·spir·ing, tran·spires

v.tr.

To give off (vapor containing waste products) through the pores of the skin or the stomata of plant tissue.

v.intr.

1. To become known; come to light.

2. Usage Problem To come about; happen or occur.

3. To give off vapor containing waste products, as through animal or plant pores.

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[French transpirer, from Medieval Latin trnsprre : Latin trns-, trans- + Latin sprre, to breathe.]

Usage Note: Transpire has been used since the mid-18th century in the sense "leak out, become publicly known," as in Despite efforts to hush the matter up, it soon transpired that the colonels had met with the rebel leaders. This usage has long been standard. The more common use of transpire to mean "occur" or "happen" has had a more troubled history. Though it dates at least to the beginning of the 19th century, language critics have condemned it for more than 100 years as both pretentious and unetymological. There is some sign that resistance to this sense of transpire is abating, however. In a 1969 survey the usage was acceptable to only 38 percent of the Usage Panel; nearly 20 years later, 58 percent accepted it in the sentence All of these events transpired after last week's announcement. Still, many Panelists who accepted the usage also remarked that it was pretentious or pompous.

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transpire [trænˈspaɪə]

vb

1. (intr) to come to light; be known

2. (intr) Informal to happen or occur

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Physiol to give off or exhale (water or vapour) through the skin, a mucous membrane, etc.

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of plants) to lose (water in the form of water vapour), esp through the stomata of the leaves

[from Medieval Latin transpīrāre, from Latin trans- + spīrāre to breathe]

transpirable  adj

transpiration  [ˌtrænspəˈreɪʃən] n

transpiratory  adj

Usage: It is often maintained that transpire should not be used to mean happen or occur, as in the event transpired late in the evening, and that the word is properly used to mean become known, as in it transpired later that the thief had been caught. The word is, however, widely used in the former sense, esp in spoken English

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transpire - Had an early sense of "emit as vapor through the surface"—from trans-, "through," and spirare, "breathe."

See also related terms for vapor.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	transpire - pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas transpirate flow, flux - move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
	2.	transpire - exude water vapor; "plants transpire" evaporate, vaporize, vaporise - lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"
	3.	transpire - come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	4.	transpire - come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week" hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
	5.	transpire - give off (water) through the skin     exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"

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transpire

verb

1. become known, emerge, come out, be discovered, come to light, be disclosed, be made public It transpired that he had left his driving licence at home.

2. happen, occur, take place, arise, turn up, come about, come to pass (archaic) Nothing is known about what transpired at the meeting.

Usage: It is sometimes maintained that transpire should not be used to mean `happen' or `occur', as in the event transpired late in the evening, and that the word is properly used to mean `become known', as in it transpired later that the thief had been caught. The word is, however, widely used in the first sense, especially in spoken English.

Translations

transpire [trænsˈpaɪəʳ]

A. VI

1. (Bot, Anat) → transpirar

2. (= become known) it finally transpired that → al final se supo que ...

3. (= happen) → ocurrir, suceder
his report on what transpired → su informe acerca de lo que pasó

B. VT → transpirar

transpire [trænˈspaɪə^r] vi

(= become known) → se révéler
This, it transpired, was true → Cela s'est révélé vrai.
it finally transpired that ... → il s'est finalement révélé que ...

(= happen) → ressortir
Nobody knows what transpired at the meeting → Personne ne sait ce qui est ressorti de la réunion.

transpire

vi

(= become clear) → sich herausstellen; (slowly) → durchsickern

(= happen) → passieren (inf)

(Anat) → schwitzen, transpirieren (geh); (Bot) → Feuchtigkeit abgeben or verdunsten, transpirieren (spec)

vt (Bot) moisture → verdunsten, abgeben

transpire [trænsˈpaɪəʳ] vi

a. (Bot, Physiology) → traspirare

b. (frm) (become known) it finally transpired that ... → alla fine si è venuto a sapere che...

c. (incorrect use, happen) → succedere