Definitions for transpire

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transpire tran·spire

Spelling: [tran-spahyuh r]

IPA: /trænˈspaɪər/

Transpire is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 772 anagrams from letters in transpire (aeinprrst).

Definitions for transpire

verb (used with object)

1. to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.

verb (used without object)

1. to occur; happen; take place.
2. to emit or give off waste matter, watery vapor, etc., through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
3. to escape, as moisture or odor, through or as if through pores.
4. to be revealed or become known.

Origin of transpire

1590-1600; Middle French transpirer Medieval Latin trānspīrāre, equivalent to Latin trāns- trans- + spīrāre to breathe

Examples for transpire

The rest hung about dispiritedly, and waited for what might transpire.

So far as he was concerned, however, the secret did not at all transpire.

What the captain's intentions were did not transpire; they were known only to Francisco.

Whether or not he had been induced to this display by the excitement did not transpire.

But that some very extraordinary event was about to transpire was evident to all.

There transpire those events which constitute the eras of our existence.

What the question asked by our friend was, did not transpire.

I say I am certain you will never let it transpire, either by word of mouth or writing.

And do not let it transpire among your fellows that it is I who have suggested this.

What they saw in the ambulance did not transpire; what they felt was not known.