transpire
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Is transpire a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (ambitransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).ambitransitive
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To perspire.Synonyms: sweatintransitiveobsolete
3. (botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.intransitive
4. (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy.Examples: "It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer."; "The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers."; "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."Synonyms: come to light, emerge, developintransitive
5. (loosely, intransitive) To happen, take place.Examples: "Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired."; "But there is a school of thought that holds that the more you talk about recession, the more likely it is to transpire."Synonyms: come about, come to pass, occur, bechance, befall, belimp, betide, betimebroadlyintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary