Definition of "transpire"

transpire

/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/

verb
third-person singular simple present transpires, present participle transpiring, simple past and past participle transpired
1. (transitive, intransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To perspire.
3. (botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
4. (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy.
  Quotations
  The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.
  1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque
  Hubert then recommends M. Leproux to be punctual to meet him at the rendezvous agreed on between them, where a third individual, whose name did not transpire, was to join them.
  1839, Edmund Burke, The Annual Register of World Events
5. (loosely, intransitive) To happen, take place.
  Quotations
  Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired.
  1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 166
  But there is a school of thought that holds that the more you talk about recession, the more likely it is to transpire.
  2018 September 21, Mark Rice-Oxley, “Don't mention the R-word”, in The Guardian‎