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transpire

/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/

verb

Meaning

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

  • To perspire.

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

  • To become known; to escape from secrecy.

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

  • To happen, take place.

Synonyms

come to light,
discovered,
revealed,
come about,
come to pass,
occur,
perspire,
sweat