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Definition of Transpired
1. transpire [v] - See also: transpire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transpired
Literary usage of Transpired
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1806 it had just transpired that he had left gaming debts behind him to a very
considerable amount — Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, ..."
2. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and (1871)
"Amount of fluid transpired in a dry atmosphere, in sun, 1 hour, 20-52 pc 13. ...
Amount of fluid transpired, both sides coated with collodion, in sun, ..."
3. The Diary of James K. Polk During His Presidency, 1845 to 1849 by James Knox Polk, Milo Milton Quaife (1910)
"Nothing of any general interest transpired ... Nothing of importance transpired.
This was reception evening. It was a stormy, wet night, and but three or ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"... including every fact that has transpired since' the Period of the Investigation;
the whole forming one of the most interesting Documents ever laid ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"... swear that they did not see or know of its having transpired," without an
instruction, in connection therewith, touching the credibility of witnesses. ..."
6. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"None of the particulars of the battle have yet transpired, and all are looking
hourly for a renewal of the contest. "HEADQUARTERS ARMY OP NORTHERN VIRGINIA, ..."
7. A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America, and Other Parts of by David Benedict (1813)
"go along, take notice of some of those distinguished events which transpired in
the land during the times of their afflictions, by which their reputation ..."
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