transpire

/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/

To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).

To perspire.

Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.

To become known; to escape from secrecy.

It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer.

To happen, take place.

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