transpire

  1. Verb.  To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). (defdate, from 16th c.) .
  2. Verb.  (obsolete) To perspire. (defdate, 17th-19th c.) .
  3. Verb.  (botany) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
  4. Verb.  To become known. (defdate, from 18th c.) .
  5. Verb.  (context, loosely) To happen, take place. (defdate, from 18th c.) .

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