Antonyms for transpire


Grammar : Verb
Spell : tran-spahyuh r
Phonetic Transcription : trænˈspaɪər


Definition of transpire

Origin :
  • 1590s, "pass off in the form of a vapor or liquid," from Middle French transpirer (mid-16c.), from Latin trans- "through" (see trans-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Figurative sense of "leak out, become known" is recorded from 1741, and the erroneous meaning "take place, happen" is almost as old, being first recorded 1755. Related: Transpired; transpiring.
  • verb occur, happen
  • verb become known
Example sentences :
  • What the question asked by our friend was, did not transpire.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
  • What the captain's intentions were did not transpire; they were known only to Francisco.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
  • And do not let it transpire among your fellows that it is I who have suggested this.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • But that some very extraordinary event was about to transpire was evident to all.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • The rest hung about dispiritedly, and waited for what might transpire.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • Whether or not he had been induced to this display by the excitement did not transpire.
  • Extract from : « Trent's Trust and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • There transpire those events which constitute the eras of our existence.
  • Extract from : « Humanity in the City » by E. H. Chapin
  • I say I am certain you will never let it transpire, either by word of mouth or writing.
  • Extract from : « The Emigrants Of Ahadarra » by William Carleton
  • So far as he was concerned, however, the secret did not at all transpire.
  • Extract from : « The Tithe-Proctor » by William Carleton
  • What they saw in the ambulance did not transpire; what they felt was not known.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Trail and Town » by Bret Harte

Synonyms for transpire

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