Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To appear through something else; be visible through something.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb obsolete To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be seen, through something.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be seen, through something.

Etymologies

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See transparent.

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Examples

  • Still have faith in a government that can't even spell the word transpare

    BC Bloggers 2009

  • Tally took a steadying breath, the room spinning again, but in a good way She gestured for the windows to transpare a little more, and in the sunlight she saw the new additions.

    Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010

  • ROME — The Vatican plans to unveil new rules intended to counter financial crimes and make its financial activities more transpare nt, following a probe by Italian prosecutors into whether officials of the Holy See's bank broke Italy's laws against money laundering.

    Pope to Issue New Finance Rules Nathania Zevi 2010

  • Buts teh hares r trans…transpa…transpare…teh clear.

    NOM proof glass - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Tally took a steadying breath, the room spinning again, but in a good way She gestured for the windows to transpare a little more, and in the sunlight she saw the new additions.

    PRETTIES SCOTT WESTERFELD 2005

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  • His slowly diminishing hair

    Is causing the Donald despair.

    He's fighting the tide

    But cannot abide

    His pink pate should baldly transpare.

    October 17, 2016