Verb: transpire tran'spI(-u)r
- Come about, happen, or occur
"Several important events transpired last week"
- Come to light; become known
"It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"
- Exude water vapour
"plants transpire"
- Pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
"Water vapour transpires through the leaves of plants";
- transpirate
- Give off (water) through the skin
"Plants transpire more on hot days"
Derived forms: transpired, transpires, transpiring
Type of: change, come about, evaporate, exudate, exude, fall out, flow, flux, go on, hap [archaic], happen, occur, ooze, ooze out, pass, pass off, take place, transude, vaporise [Brit], vaporize
Encyclopedia: Transpire