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Word: Transpire
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (in the sense ‘emit as vapour through the surface’): from French transpirer or medieval Latin transpirare, from Latin trans- ‘through’ + spirare ‘breathe’. Sense 1 (mid 18th century) is a figurative use comparable with ‘leak out’
trɑːnˈspʌɪə
(of a secret or something unknown) come to be known; be revealed
Short Definition:come to be known
Examples:- it transpired that millions of dollars of debt had been hidden in a complex web of transactions
(of a plant or leaf) give off water vapour through the stomata
Short Definition:(of plant or leaf) give off water vapour through stomata
Examples:- a cactus does not transpire as freely as most plants
- moisture is transpired from plants much more quickly than is realized
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