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To Transpire

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). [from 16th c.]
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To perspire. [17th-19th c.]
  3. (botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. [from 17th c.]
  4. (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy. [from 18th c.]
  5. (loosely, intransitive) To happen, take place. [from 18th c.]
Synonyms

(become known): be revealed, be discovered, come to light

(happen): come about, come to pass, occur; happen

(perspire): perspire, sweat