transpire
/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
Dictionary
verb
- 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.
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