transpire

present singular third person transpires · participle present transpiring · participle past transpired · past transpired

1. ambitransitiveTo give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).First known use 16th c.
2. intransitiveobsoleteTo perspire.First known use 17th–19th c.

   Synonyms: sweat

3. intransitivebiologyOf plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.First known use 17th c.
4. intransitiveTo become known; to escape from secrecy.First known use 18th c.

   It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer.

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   The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.

   1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque

   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.

   1839, Edmund Burke, The Annual Register of World Events

   Synonyms: come to light, emerge, develop

5. broadlyintransitiveTo happen, take place.First known use 18th c.

   But there is a school of thought that holds that the more you talk about recession, the more likely it is to transpire.

   2018 September 21, Mark Rice-Oxley, “Don't mention the R-word”, in The Guardian

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   Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired.

   1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 166

   Synonyms: come about, come to pass, occur, bechance, befall, behap, belimp, betide