transpire

1. (verb) give off (water) through the skin
Related Words: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude

2. (verb) come about, happen, or occur; "Several important events transpired last week"
Related Words: come about, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place

3. (verb) come to light; become known; "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"
Related Words: change

4. (verb) exude water vapor; of plants
Related Words: evaporate, vaporize

5. (verb) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas
Synonyms: transpirate
Related Words: flow



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