The Romance of Words.
TRANSPIRE When we say that a thing has transpired we mean that it. has occurred, happened, or taken place. But originally the word was noi used in this sense at all. The word transpire originally meant “to breathe through.!’ and was used in' the sense of describing a person perspiring: “Blood irin fleshy substance. . . useth to transpire, breathe out. and waste away thro' invisible pores." It was next taken to mean escape from secrecy: to become public gradually; to ooze out: to come to light: to become known. ■ Later than this it. obtained its present meaning as given above.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 115, 8 February 1935, Page 9
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103The Romance of Words. Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 115, 8 February 1935, Page 9
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