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   transpire

   /trɑːnˈspʌɪə/

   verb

   • 1. (of a secret or something unknown) come to be known; be revealed: "it transpired that millions of dollars of debt had been hidden in a complex web of transactions" Similar become knownbecome apparentbe revealedbe disclosedcome to lightemergecome outget outbe discoveredbe uncoveredmaterializeleak outturn outbe made public
   • ▪ prove to be the case: "as it transpired, he was right"
   • ▪ occur; happen: "I'm going to find out exactly what transpired" Similar happenoccurtake placecome aboutcome to passcrop upturn uparisechanceensuebefallbe realizedtake shapepan outend up
   • 2. (of a plant or leaf) give off water vapour through the stomata: "a cactus does not transpire as freely as most plants"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘emit as vapour through the surface’): from French transpirer or medieval Latin transpirare, from Latin trans- ‘through’ + spirare ‘breathe’. Sense 1 (mid 18th century) is a figurative use comparable with ‘leak out’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. transpirable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • T

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   • R

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   • A

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   • N

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   • S

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   • P

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   • I

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   • R

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   • E

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