transpiring

Verb

transpire (third-person singular simple present transpires, present participle transpiring, simple past and past participle transpired)

1. (ambitransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To perspire.

   Synonyms:

   sweat

3. (intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
4. (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy.
   • It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer.

   Synonyms:

   come to light, emerge, develop

5. (broadly, intransitive) To happen, take place.
   • 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: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 166

   Synonyms:

   come about, come to pass, occur, bechance, befall, behap, belimp, betide, betime, beworth