Verb

(es)

(transitive)  To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.}}

(transitive)  To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.

* 1919 ,

*:There was a little stream that ran not far away, in which he bathed, and down this on occasion would come a shoal of fish. Then the natives would assemble with spears, and with much shouting would transfix the great startled things as they hurried down to the sea.

(transitive)  To fix or impale.

Verb

To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).

(obsolete) To perspire.

(botany) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.

To become known; to escape from secrecy.

The proceedings of the council soon transpired .

* De Quincey

The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.

(loosely) To happen, take place.

* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 166:

Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired .