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Verb transpires, transpiring, transpired
transpire - give off (water) through the skin
		exudate, ooze out, transude, exude, ooze release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
transpire - exude water vapor; "plants transpire"
		evaporate, vaporise, vaporize lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk"
transpire - pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
		transpirate
		flux, flow cover or swamp with water
transpire - come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"
		come about, hap, take place, occur, fall out, go on, happen, pass off, pass come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"
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"

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transpire (Verb)
To give off vapour, waste matter etc. ; to exhale an odour etc..
transpire (Verb)
To become known.

transpire (v. i.)
To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.
transpire (v. i.)
To evaporate from living cells.
transpire (v. i.)
To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
transpire (v. i.)
To happen or come to pass; to occur.
transpire (v. t.)
To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
transpire (v. t.)
To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.

transpire
tran-spīr′, v.t. to breathe or pass through the pores of the skin.—v.i. to exhale: to become public, to come to light: to occur (a bad use).—adj. Transpīr′able.—n. Transpirā′tion, act or process of transpiring; exhalation through the skin.—adj. Transpīr′atory.—n. Trans′piry, act of transpiring. [L. trans, through, spirāre, to breathe.]