transpire
/tran-SPIRE/verbto come to be known; to happen
“It later transpired that the audit had never been filed.”
- Synonyms
- emerge, occur, come to light
- Root
- trans- (across)
- Memory hook
- trans (through) + spire (breathe): news breathing out through the walls.
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