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The correct spelling is transpire.
How to pronounce transpire
/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
verbIPA: /tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Tra-nsp-ire
The correct spelling is transpire. To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). For example: "It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer."
Usage Examples
“It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
- 2.To perspire.
- 3.Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
- 4.To become known; to escape from secrecy.
- 5.To happen, take place.
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