TRANSPIRE
\tɹanspˈa͡ɪ͡ə], \tɹanspˈaɪə], \t_ɹ_a_n_s_p_ˈaɪə]\
Definitions of TRANSPIRE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
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come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"
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exude water vapor; "plants transpire"
By Princeton University
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pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
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come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"
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exude water vapor; of plants
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.
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To evaporate from living cells.
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To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
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To happen or come to pass; to occur.
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To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
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To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
By Oddity Software
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To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.
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To evaporate from living cells.
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To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
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To happen or come to pass; to occur.
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To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
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To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
By Noah Webster.
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To pass off as vapor; to breathe out; to become known or leak out.
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To throw off, as vapor or moisture; to exhale.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To breathe or pass through the pores of the skin.
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To exhale: to become public: (erroneously for) to occur.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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