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transpare

transpare verb: to be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be see-through (literally or figurative).

Verb

transpare (third-person singular simple present transpares, present participle transparing, simple past and past participle transpared)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be see-through (literally or figurative)
    • Oft haue I wish'd whilst in this state I was, That th'alablaster bulwarke might transparec. 1604, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, Sonnet LXXIII

Forms of transpare

third-person singular presenttranspares
present participletransparing
past participletranspared
pasttranspared

Origin of transpare

See transparent.

Questions about transpare

What does transpare mean?
Transpare means to be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be see-through (literally or figurative).
What part of speech is transpare?
Transpare is a verb.
What is the past tense of transpare?
The past tense of transpare is transpared.

Words near transpare in the dictionary

  1. transpalatine
  2. transpalmar
  3. transpalpebral
  4. transpancreatic
  5. transpapillary
  6. transpare
  7. transparence
  8. transparences
  9. transparencies
  10. transparency
  11. transparent

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