Topic: PLANTS
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | transpirer, from Latin spirare 'to breathe' |
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tran‧spire
1 if it transpires that something is true, you discover that it is true : It now transpires that he kept all the money for himself.
it transpires that
formalIt now transpires that he kept all the money for himself.2 [] formal to happen : Exactly what transpired remains unknown.
Exactly what transpired remains unknown.3 [intransitive and transitive] technicalHBP when a plant transpires, water passes through the surface of its leaves
