transpire

Borrowed from Middle French transpirer, from Medieval Latin transpirare (“to breathe through”), from Latin trans (“across”) spirare (“to breathe”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tɹænˈspaɪ̯ɚ/

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transpire (third-person singular simple present transpires, present participle transpiring, simple past and past participle transpired)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). [from 16th c.]
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To perspire. [17th-19th c.]
3. (botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. [from 17th c.]
4. (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy. [from 18th c.]

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

   • De Quincey

     The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.

   • 1839, Edmund Burke, The Annual Register of World Events

     Hubert then recommends M. Leproux to be punctual to meet him at the rendezvous agreed on between them, where a third individual, whose name did not transpire, was to join them.

5. (loosely, intransitive) To happen, take place. [from 18th c.]
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 166:

     Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired.

• (become known): be revealed, be discovered, come to light
• (happen): come about, come to pass, occur; See also Thesaurus:happen
• (perspire): perspire, sweat

• transpiration

• earprints, pretrains, terrapins

transpire

1. first-person singular present indicative of transpirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of transpirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of transpirer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of transpirer
5. second-person singular imperative of transpirer

• reprisant
• respirant
• sprintera

transpire

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of transpirar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of transpirar

transpire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of transpirar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of transpirar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of transpirar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of transpirar

transpire

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of transpirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of transpirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of transpirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of transpirar.