Definition for TRANS-PIRE

TRANS-PIRE, v.i.

  1. To be emitted through the excretories of the skin; to exhale; to pass off in insensible perspiration; as, fluids transpire from the human body.
  2. To escape from secrecy; to become public. The proceedings of the council have not yet transpired.
  3. To happen or come to pass.

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