transpire

To take place or occur.

• Investigators are still trying to determine what actually transpired during the late-night meeting.

• No one could have predicted the events that would transpire over the next few months.

To become known or come to light after being secret.

• It soon transpired that the executive had withheld critical financial data from the board.

• As the trial progressed, it transpired that several documents had been deliberately destroyed.

To give off water vapor through the surface of plant leaves.

• Desert plants have specialized adaptations that prevent them from transpiring too much moisture during the day.

• How rapidly do these saplings transpire under direct sunlight?