Transpire Verb Sense Vapor Transpired Pass Give Form

tran·spire
\\tran(t)-ˈspī(-ə)r\\ verb
(tran·spired ; tran·spir·ing)transitive verb
: to pass off or give passage to (a fluid) through pores or interstices; especially : to excrete (as water) in the form of a vapor through a living membrane (as the skin)
intransitive verb
1. to give off vaporous material; specifically : to give off or exude watery vapor especially from the surfaces of leaves
2. to pass in the form of a vapor from a living body
3.
  a. to be revealed : come to light
  b. to become known or apparent :

develop

4. to take place :

go on

,

occur

Usage.
  Sense 4 of transpire is the frequent whipping boy of those who suppose sense 3 to be the only meaning of the word. Sense 4 appears to have developed in the late 18th century; it was well enough known to have been used by Abigail Adams in a letter to her husband in 1775
      there is nothing new transpired since I wrote you last — Abigail Adams
  Noah Webster recognized the new sense in his dictionary of 1828. Transpire was evidently a popular word with 19th century journalists; sense 4 turns up in such pretentiously worded statements as “The police drill will transpire under shelter to-day in consequence of the moist atmosphere prevailing.” Around 1870 the sense began to be attacked as a misuse on the grounds of etymology, and modern critics echo the damnation of 1870. Sense 4 has been in existence for about two centuries; it is firmly established as standard; it occurs now primarily in serious prose, not the ostentatiously flamboyant prose typical of 19th century journalism.

transpire
  1597, "pass off in the form of a vapor or liquid," from M.Fr. transpirer (c.1560), from L. trans- "through" + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Figurative sense of "leak out, become known" is recorded from 1741, and the erroneous meaning "take place, happen" is almost as old, being first recorded 1755.

transpire
tran·spire / trAn5spaiE(r) / verb (formal)
1. [V that] (not usually used in the progressive tenses 通常不用于进行时) if it transpires that sth has happened or is true, it is known or has been shown to be true
   公开；透露；为人所知:
   It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank.
   据报这伙歹徒在银行里有内应。
   This story, it later transpired, was untrue.
   后来得知,此事纯属凭空假造。
2. [V] to happen
   发生:
   You're meeting him tomorrow? Let me know what transpires.
   你明天和他见面吗？把见面的情况告诉我。
3. [V , VN] (biology 生) when plants or leaves transpire, water passes out from their surface
   (植物)水分蒸发,蒸腾

transpire verb

tran·spire
\tranzˈpī(ə)r, traan-, -n(t)ˈsp-, -īə\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle French transpirer, from Latin trans- + spirare to breathe — more at
transitive verb
1. : to cause (as a gas or liquid) to pass through a tissue or substance or its pores or interstices
2. : to excrete or give off (as moisture or vapor) through the skin, a membrane, or living cells : , ,
intransitive verb
1. : to emit moisture, vapor, or perfume; specifically : to give off or exude watery vapor from the surfaces of leaves or other parts
 < a plant transpires more freely on a hot dry day >
2. : to pass out or escape in the form of a vapor from a living body
 < moisture transpires through the skin >
3.
 a. : to become known or apparent :
  < it transpired that he had still been sitting … when the bomb struck — C.D.Lewis >
  < it soon transpired that there were two … conceptions of this problem — C.H.Malik >
  < only good faculties, it transpired, were inherited — Walter Lippmann >
 b. : to be revealed : leak out : come to light
  < had to wait until 1934 for the secret to transpire — E.C.Wagenknecht >
  < it had just transpired that he had left gaming debts behind him — Jane Austen >
4. : to come to pass : ,
 < a course of events which transpire with unbelievable rapidity — H.G.Moseley >
 < I gave an honest account of what transpired — J.A.Michener >
 < more things transpire on a racetrack than are chronicled in the newspapers — Gerald Beaumont >

Synonyms: see