tran·spire 
/trænˈspajɚ/ verb
tran·spires; tran·spired; tran·spir·ing /trænˈspajɚ/ verb 1 [no obj] formal : to happen
▪ They wouldn't say what had transpired [=taken place] at the meeting. ▪ No one will soon forget the historic events that transpired on that day. 2 [no obj] formal : to become known — usually used with it ▪ Her name, it transpired, was false. [=(less formally) it turned out that her name was false] ▪ It transpired that they had met previously. [=we found out that they had met previously] 3 technical, of a plant : to have water evaporate from the surface of leaves [no obj] ▪ A plant transpires more freely on a hot dry day. [+ obj] ▪ Trees transpire water at a rapid rate.
▪ They wouldn't say what had transpired [=taken place] at the meeting. ▪ No one will soon forget the historic events that transpired on that day.
