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Meaning of transpire

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

transpire

Pronunciation:/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)//tɹænˈspaɪ̯ɚ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).

  2. To perspire.

  3. Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.

  4. To become known; to escape from secrecy.

    Example: It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer.