Transpired vs Transpires - What's the difference?
transpired | transpires |
(transpire)
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.
* De Quincey
(loosely) To happen, take place.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 166:
(transpire)
* {{quote-news, 1988, June 10, Sharon Solwitz, The Gospel According to Gordon Lish, Chicago Reader
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As verbs the difference between transpired and transpires
is that transpired is (transpire) while transpires is .transpired
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(head)transpire
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- The proceedings of the council soon transpired .
- The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.
- Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired .
Synonyms
* (become known) be revealed, be discovered, come to light * (happen) come about, come to pass, occur * (perspire) perspire, sweatDerived terms
* transpirationAnagrams
* ----transpires
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