Transpired

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have taken place or happened at a certain time ; to become known or revealed to others
2. Having come to pass or occurred as an event ; having been disclosed or brought to light
3. Something that actually occurred or happened ; information that was made public or uncovered

Etymology: The most surprising fact is that "transpire" once meant something quite different from "happen." Its core sense was physical: "to breathe through," the way moisture passes out through the skin or leaves. Latin "trans" ("across") and "spirare" ("to breathe") combined in Medieval Latin "transpirare," and French took the word as "transpirer," where it kept that breathing-out sense and gained a second one: to become known, as a secret slips out. English borrowed the French word, and it is in that "becoming known" sense that the modern meaning begins. The sense "to happen" is absent from French, so it most likely developed in English from the idea of facts gradually coming out into the open. An event that transpired was one whose details had leaked into view. Because "transpired" is the past form, it describes something that has already taken place, which is why it so often introduces a story about what occurred earlier.

Synonyms: occurred, happened, ensued

Antonyms: failed, stopped