Both Uses of
transpire
in
Great Expectations
- An epergne or centre-piece of some kind was in the middle of this cloth; it was so heavily overhung with cobwebs that its form was quite undistinguishable; and, as I looked along the yellow expanse out of which I remember its seeming to grow, like a black fungus, I saw speckle-legged spiders with blotchy bodies running home to it, and running out from it, as if some circumstances of the greatest public importance had just transpired in the spider community.†
Chpt 11transpired = happened; or became known
- Several curious little circumstances transpired as the action proceeded.†
Chpt 31 *
Definition:
to happen; or to become known