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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Trāns'fer-ōf'fice, n. p. 1403An office or department where transfers of stocks, &c., are made.Trāns/fer-ōg'ra-phy, n. p. 1403The act or process of copying inscriptions, and the like, by making transfers.Trāns'fer-pā'per, n. p. 1403A prepared paper used in lithography or copying-presses, for transferring impressions. Simmonds.Trans-fê'rence, n. p. 1403See TRANSFERENCE.Trans-fér'rer, n. p. 1403One who makes a transfer or conveyance.Trans-fêr'ri-ble, a. p. 1403Capable of being transferred; transferable. See TRANSFERABLE.Trans-fig'ü-rāte, v. t. p. 1403To transfigure; to transform. [Obs.]Trans-fig'ü-rā'tion, n. p. 1403A change of form; especially, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount. 2. A feast held by some branches of the Christian church on the 6th of August, in…Trans-fig'üre, v. t. p. 1403To change the outward form or appearance of; to transform. 2. Especially, to change to something very elevated and glorious; to give an ideal form to. “And was transfigured before them.” Matt. xvii.…Trans-fix', v. t. p. 1403To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; as, to transfix one with a dart or spear.Trans-fix'ion, n. p. 1403The act of transfixing, or piercing through. 2. The state of being transfixed, or pierced. Christ shed blood in his scourging, his affixion, his transfixion. Bp. Hall.Trans'flu-ent, a. p. 1403Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream. 2. (Her.) Passing or flowing through a bridge;— said of water. Wright.Trāns'flūx, n. p. 1403A flowing through, across, or beyond. [Rare.]Trans'fo-rāte, v. t. p. 1403To bore through. [Obs.]Trans-fōrm′, v. t. p. 1403To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar transformed into a butterfly. Love may transform me to an oyster. Shak. 2. To change into another…Trans-fôrm', v. i. p. 1403To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [Rare.] His hair transforms to down. Addison.Trans-fôrm'a-ble, a. p. 1403Capable of being transformed.Trăns-for-mā'tion, n. p. 1403The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition; as, (a.) Change of form in insects, as from a caterpillar to a butterfly; metamorphosis. (b.) The change of…Trans-fôrm'a-tīve, a. p. 1403Having power, or a tendency, to transform.Trans-fôrm'ing, p. a. p. 1403Effecting, or able to effect, a change of form or state; as, the transforming power of true religion.Trans-freight', v. i. p. 1403To pass over the sea. [Obs.] Waterland.Trāns/fre-tā'tion, n. p. 1403The passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.] Davies.Trāns'fūge or Trans-fū'gi-tive, n. p. 1403One who flees from one side to another; a turncoat; a deserter; an apostate. [Rare.]Trans-fūnd', v. t. p. 1403To pour from one vessel into another; to transfuse. [Obs.]Trans-fūse', v. t. p. 1403To pour, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. 2. (Med.) To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one animal to those of another. 3. To cause to pass from one to another; to cause to…Trans-fūs'i-ble, a. p. 1403Capable of being transfused.Trans-fū'sion, n. p. 1403The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. 2. (Med.) The act or operation of transferring the blood of one animal into the vascular system of another by means of a…Trăns-fū'sĭve, a. p. 1403Tending to transfuse, or having power to transfuse.Trans-grĕss’, v. t. p. 1403To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [Rare.] 2. Hence, to overpass, as any rule prescribed as the limit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral. Man will hearken to his glozing lies…Trans-grĕss', v. i. p. 1403To offend by violating a law; to sin. “Achan, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.” 1 Chron. ii. 7.Trans-grès'sion, n. p. 1403The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law or rule of moral duty; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command. Forgive thy people . . . all their…Trans-grĕs'sion-al, a. p. 1403Pertaining to, or involving, a transgression.Trans-grĕss’ive, a. p. 1403Disposed to transgress; faulty; culpable. Adam, perhaps, would have sinned without the suggestion of Satan, and from the transgressive infirmities of himself might have erred alone, as well as the…Trans-grĕss'ive-ly, adv. p. 1404In a transgressive manner; by transgressing.Trans-grĕss’or, n. p. 1404One who breaks a law or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner. The way of transgressors is hard. Prov. xiii. 15.Tran-shāpe′, v. t. p. 1404To transform. See TRANS-SHAPE. [Rare.] By a gracious influence transhaped Into the olive, pomegranate, mulberry. Webster, 1625.Tran-ship′, v. t. p. 1404To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another. See TRANSSHIP.Tran-ship'ment, n. p. 1404The act of transferring, as goods, from one ship or conveyance to another. See TRANSSHIPMENT.Trans-hū'man, a. p. 1404More than human. “What transhuman change.” Cary.Trān’sien-cy, n. p. 1404The quality of being transient.Trān'sient, a. p. 1404Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not…Trān'sient-ly, adv. p. 1404In a transient manner; in passage; for a short time; not with continuance. I touch here but transiently . . . on some few of those many rules of imitating nature which Aristotle drew from Homer.…Trăn'sient-ness, n. p. 1404The state of being transient; shortness of continuance; speedy passage.Tran-sil'i-ence or Tran-sil'i-en-cy, n. p. 1404A leap across or from thing to thing. [Rare.] Glanville.Trans-ī're, n. p. 1404(Com.) A custom-house clearance for a coasting vessel. Simmonds.Trāns'it, n. p. 1404The act of passing; passage through or over. In France you are now . . . in the transit from one form of government to another. Burke. 2. The act or process of causing to pass; conveyance; as, the…Trāns'it, v. t. p. 1404To pass over the disk of, as a heavenly body.Trāns'it-cĭr'cle, n. p. 1404A transit instrument with a graduated circle attached, used for observing both transits and declinations. Nichol.Trāns'it-cŏm'pass, n. p. 1404A species of theodolite, consisting of a telescope revolving in a vertical plane on an horizontal axis, as in a transit-instrument, combined with a compass, a graduated horizontal limb, &c., used for…Trāns'it-dū'ty, n. p. 1404A duty paid on goods that pass through a country.Trāns'it-in'stru-ment, n. p. 1404A telescope mounted at right angles to an horizontal axis, on which it revolves with its line of collimation in the plane of the meridian, used in connection with a clock for observing the time of…Tran-siʹtion, n. p. 1404Passage from one place or state to another; change; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold. The spots are of the same color throughout, there being an immediate transition from white to…Transition rocks p. 1404the lowest uncrystalline stratified rocks, supposed to contain no fossils, and so called because thought to have been formed when the earth was passing from an uninhabitable to a habitable state.…Tran-sĭ'tion-al, a. p. 1404Containing, involving, or denoting transition.Tran-sĭ'tion-ā'ry, a. p. 1404Transitional.Trān'si-tīve, a. p. 1404Having the power of making a transit or passage. [Rare.] De Quincey. 2. Effected by transference of signification. Although by far the greater part of the transitive or derivative applications of…Transitive p. 1404verb (Gram.), a verb which is or may be followed by an object; a verb expressing an action which passes from the agent to an object, from the subject which does to the object on which it is done.Trān'si-tive-ly, adv. p. 1404In a transitive manner.Trān'si-tīve-ness, n. p. 1404The state or quality of being transitive.Trān'si-to-ri-ly, adv. p. 1404In a transitory manner; of short continuance.