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TRANSPI'RE, v.t. [L. transpiro; trans and spiro.] To emit through the pores of the skin; to send off in vapor.
TRANSPI'RE, v.i. To be emitted through the pores of the skin; to exhale; to pass off in insensible perspiration; as, fluids transpire from the human body.
To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible
perspiration; to exhale.
To evaporate from living
cells.
To escape from secrecy; to become public; as,
the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travelers. De Quincey. To happen or come to pass; to occur.
* This sense of the word, which is of comparatively recent introduction, is common in the United States, especially in the language of conversation and of newspaper writers, and is used to some extent in England. Its use, however, is censured by critics of both countries. To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form
of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
To evaporate (moisture) from
living cells.
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