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Meanings of transpire in English

Pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas.

        Usage of transpire in English
        1
        And in that strange way events sometimes transpire, the opportunity presented itself.
        Water, stone, heart
        2
        Obviously, the external drive must be present for the backups to transpire.
        Reuters
        3
        But the change may transpire to be as much instructive as disruptive.
        The Irish Times
        4
        It may yet transpire that, for Microsoft, there is only One Alan.
        The Irish Times
        5
        He has no reserves, but lets his character transpire in every sentence.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 / A Magaz...
        6
        Nobody could have foreseen what would transpire from that one savage incident.
        Colors Aloft!
        7
        And He sees every circumstance that will cause every event to transpire.
        Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
        8
        What might transpire now seemed a matter to be viewed with indifference.
        The Settling of the Sage
        9
        Do you know the history of his aversion to the word transpire?'
        Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
        10
        But in such close quarters, there was no telling what might transpire.
        A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
        11
        Marchionne said he expected the consolidation to transpire in the next two years.
        Reuters
        12
        Beneath you, in the emergency room, great tragedies transpire, night tragedies.
        Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
        13
        But the most dramatic event was to transpire a couple of weeks later.
        Ghosts
        14
        As she unravels his broken subconscious, blurry lines of deceit and truth transpire.
        Ebony
        15
        Storm waited another hour anyway, just to see what might transpire.
        Wild Storm
        16
        The message or declaration must be made by the acts as they transpire.
        A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu...
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