transpire
transpire is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Bot.) To evaporate from living cells.
- 2.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.
- 3.To happen or come to pass; to occur. Note: 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.
- 4.(Physiol.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
- 5.(Bot.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bay
- boil
- boiling
- bubble
- bubbly
- chloride
- cohobate
- cohobation
- cupellation
- distill
- distillation
- effervesce
- effervescence
- effervescent
- emit
- evaporable
- evaporate
- evaporation
- exhalation
- exhale
- finestill
- fume
- fumigate
- fumigation
- gaseous
- gasification
- mister
- reek
- render
- retort
- salt
- smoke
- sodium
- sparge
- spray
- steam
- still
- sublime
- vapor
- vaporation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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