verb
- Pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas.
- synonyms: transpire, transpirate
- Exude water vapor.
- usage: "plants transpire"
- synonyms: transpire
- Come to light; become known.
- usage: "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"
- synonyms: transpire
- Come about, happen, or occur.
- usage: "Several important events transpired last week"
- synonyms: transpire
- Give off (water) through the skin.
- synonyms: transpire
adjective
- That is passing through.
- usage: "transpiring gas"
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