transpare
English
Etymology
See transparent.
Verb
transpare (third-person singular simple present transpares, present participle transparing, simple past and past participle transpared)
- (obsolete, rare) To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be see-through (literally or figurative)
- c. 1604, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, Sonnet LXXIII
- Oft haue I wish'd whilst in this state I was, That th'alablaster bulwarke might transpare
- c. 1604, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, Sonnet LXXIII
References
- “transpare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
trānspārē
- second-person singular present active imperative of trānspāreō