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transpire

/tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
verb
  1. To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).

  2. To perspire.

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

Synonymscome to light, discovered, revealed, come about, come to pass, occur

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