Chapter 1756

Transferrence <Xpage=1528>

Trans*fer"rence (?) , n. See Transference .

Transferrer <Xpage=1528>

Trans*fer"rer (?) , n. One who makes a transfer or conveyance.

Transferrible <Xpage=1528>

Trans*fer"ri*ble (?) , a. Capable of being transferred; transferable.

Transfigurate <Xpage=1528>

Trans*fig"u*rate (?) , v. t. To transfigure; to transform. [R.]

Transfiguratien <Xpage=1528>

Trans*fig`u*ra"tien (?) , n. [L. transfiguratio : cf. transfiguration .] 1. A change of form or appearance; especially, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount.

2. (Eccl.) A feast held by some branches of the Christian church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned.

Transfigure <Xpage=1528>

Trans*fig"ure (?; 135) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transfigured (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfiguring .] [F. transfigurer , L. transfigurare , transfiguratum ; trans across, over + figurare to form, shape. See Figure , v. t. ] 1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.

2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious; to give an ideal form to.

[Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Matt. xvii. 2.

Transfix <Xpage=1528>

Trans*fix" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transfixed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfixing .] [L. transfixus , p. p. of transfigure to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten. See Fix .] To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart .

Transfixion <Xpage=1528>

Trans*fix"ion (?) , n. The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or pierced.

Bp. Hall.

Transfluent <Xpage=1528>

Trans"flu*ent (?) , a. [Pref. trans- + fluent .] 1. Flowing or running across or through; as, a transfluent stream .

2. (Her.) Passing or flowing through a bridge; -- said of water.

Wright.

Transflux <Xpage=1528>

Trans"flux (?) , n. [Pref. trans- + flux .] A flowing through, across, or beyond. [R.]

Transforate <Xpage=1528>

Trans"fo*rate (?) , v. t. [L. transforatus , p. p. of transforare to pierce through; trans through + forare to bore.] To bore through; to perforate. [Obs.]

Transform <Xpage=1528>

Trans*form" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transformed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transforming .] [L. transformare , transformatum ; trans across, over + formare to from: cf. F. transformer . See Form , v. t. ] 1. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly .

Love may transform me to an oyster. Shak.

2. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold .

3. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.

Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2.

4. (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

Transform <Xpage=1528>

Trans*form" , v. i. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.]

His hair transforms to down. Addison.

Transformable <Xpage=1528>

Trans*form"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being transformed or changed.

Transformation <Xpage=1528>

Trans`for*ma"tion (?) , n. [L. transformatio : cf. transformation .] The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically: --

(a) (Biol.) Any change in an organism which alters its general character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect (metamorphosis), etc.; also, the change which the histological units of a tissue are prone to undergo. See Metamorphosis .

<-- esp. the change from a normal to a cancerous state for a eukaryotic cell -->

(b) (Physiol.) Change of one from of material into another, as in assimilation; metabolism; metamorphosis.

(c) (Alchemy) The imagined possible or actual change of one metal into another; transmutation.

(d) (Theol.) A change in disposition, heart, character, or the like; conversion.

(e) (Math.) The change, as of an equation or quantity, into another form without altering the value.

Transformative <Xpage=1528>

Trans*form"a*tive (?) , a. [Cf. F. transformatif .] Having power, or a tendency, to transform.

Transformer <Xpage=1528>

Trans*form"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.) , an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage.

Transformism <Xpage=1528>

Trans*form"ism (?) , n. [F. transformisme .] (Biol.) The hypothesis, or doctrine, that living beings have originated by the modification of some other previously existing forms of living matter; -- opposed to abiogenesis .

Huxley.

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Transfreight <Xpage=1529>

Trans*freight" (?) , v. i. To transfrete. [Obs.]

Waterhouse.

Transfretation <Xpage=1529>

Trans`fre*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. transfretatio . See Transfrete .] The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.]

Sir J. Davies.

Transfrete <Xpage=1529>

Trans*frete" (?) , v. i. [L. transfretare ; trans across, over + fretum a strait: cf. OF. transfreter .] To pass over a strait or narrow sea. [Written also transfreight .] [Obs.]

E. Hall.

Transfuge, Transfugitive <Xpage=1529>

Trans"fuge (?) , Trans*fu"gi*tive (?) , n. [L. transfuga ; trans across, over + fugere to flee.] One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate. [R.]

Transfund <Xpage=1529>

Trans*fund" (?) , v. t. [L. transfundere ; trans over, across + fundere to pour, pour out. See Found to cast, and cf. Transfuse .] To pour from one vessel into another; to transfuse. [Obs.]

Barrow.

Transfuse <Xpage=1529>

Trans*fuse" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transfused (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfusing .] [L. transfusus , p. p. of transfundere : cf. F. transfuser . See Transfund .] 1. To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.

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2 (Med.) To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another. <-- The transfusion may proceded directly between animals, or the blood may be first drawn and stored from the donor, and later infused into the recipient. -->

3. To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters .

Into thee such virtue and grace Immense I have transfused . Milton.

Transfusible <Xpage=1529>

Trans*fu"si*ble (?) , a. Capable of being transfused; transferable by transfusion.

Transfusion <Xpage=1529>

Trans*fu"sion (?) , n. [L. transfusio : cf. F. transfusion .] 1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another.

Howell.

2. (Med.) The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk .

Transfusive <Xpage=1529>

Trans*fu"sive (?) , a. Tending to transfuse; having power to transfuse.

Transgress <Xpage=1529>

Trans*gress" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transgressed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transgressing .] [Cf. F. transgresser . See Transgression .] 1. To pass over or beyond; to surpass. [R.]

Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law. Dryden.

2. Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the <?/imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral.

For man will hearken to his glozing lies, And easily transgress the sole command. Milton.

3. To offend against; to vex. [Obs.]

Why give you peace to this imperate beast That hath so long transgressed you ? Beau. & Fl.

Transgress <Xpage=1529>

Trans*gress" , v. i. To offend against the law; to sin.

Who transgressed in the thing accursed. I Chron. ii. 7.

Transgression <Xpage=1529>

Trans*gres"sion (?) , n. [L. transgressio a going across, going over, transgression of the law, from transgredi , transgressus , to step across, go over; trans over, across + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. transgression . See Grade .] The act of transgressing, or of passing over or beyond any law, civil or moral; the violation of a law or known principle of rectitude; breach of command; fault; offense; crime; sin.

Forgive thy people . . . all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee. I Kings viii. 50.

What rests, but that the mortal sentence pass On his transgression , death denounced that day ? Milton.

The transgression is in the stealer. Shak.

Syn. -- Fault; offense; crime; infringement; misdemeanor; misdeed; affront; sin.

Transgressional <Xpage=1529>

Trans*gres"sion*al (?) , a. Of pertaining to transgression; involving a transgression.

Transgressive <Xpage=1529>

Trans*gress"ive (?) , a. [Cf. L. transgressivus passing over into another class. F. transgressif .] Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. -

Transgressively <Xpage=1529>

Trans*gress"ive*ly , adv.

Adam, perhaps, . . . from the transgressive infirmities of himself, might have erred alone. Sir T. Browne.

Transgressor <Xpage=1529>

Trans*gress"or (?) , n. [L.: cf. F. transgresseur .] One who transgresses; one 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.

Transhape <Xpage=1529>

Tran*shape" (?) , v. t. To transshape. [R.]

J. Webster (1623).

Tranship <Xpage=1529>

Tran*ship" (?) , v. t. Same as Transship .

Transhipment <Xpage=1529>

Tran*ship"ment (?) , n. Same as Transshipment .

Transhuman <Xpage=1529>

Trans*hu"man (?) , a. [Pref. trans- + human .] More than human; superhuman. [R.]

Words may not tell of that transhuman change. H. F. Cary.

Transhumanize <Xpage=1529>

Trans*hu"man*ize (?) , v. t. To make more than human; to purity; to elevate above humanity. [R.]

Souls purified by sorrow and self-denial, transhumanized to the divine abstraction of pure contemplation. Lowell.

Transience, Transiency <Xpage=1529>

Tran"sience (?) , Tran"sien*cy (?) , n. The quality of being transient; transientness.

Transient <Xpage=1529>

Tran"sient (?) , a. [L. transiens , -entis , p. pr. of transire , transitum , to go or pass over. See Trance .] 1. Passing 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 stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure . "Measured this transient world."

Milton.

2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape .

3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders . [Colloq. U.S.]

Syn. -- Transient , Transitory , Fleeting . Transient represents a thing as brief at the best; transitory , as liable at any moment to pass away. Fleeting goes further, and represents it as in the act of taking its flight. Life is transient ; its joys are transitory ; its hours are fleeting .

What is loose love? A transient gust. Pope

If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day. Donne.

O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes. Milton.

-- Tran"sient*ly (#) , adv. -- Tran"sient*ness , n.

Transient <Xpage=1529>

Tran"sient , n. That which remains but for a brief time.

Glanvill.

Transilience, Transiliency <Xpage=1529>

Tran*sil"i*ence (?) , Tran*sil"i*en*cy (?) , n. [L. transiliens , p. pr. of transilire to leap across or over; trans across, over + salire to leap.] A leap across or from one thing to another. [R.] "An unadvised transiliency ."

Glanvill.

Transire <Xpage=1529>

Trans*i"re (?) , n. [L. transire to pass through or across, to pass.] (End. Law) A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.

Transit <Xpage=1529>

Trans"it (?) , n. [L. transitus , from transire to go over: cf. F. transit . See Transient .] 1. The 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 transit of goods through a country .

3. A line or route of passage or conveyance; as, the Nicaragua transit .

E. G. Squier.

4. (Astron.) (a) The passage of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope. (b) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary.

5. An instrument resembling a theodolite, used by surveyors and engineers; -- called also transit compass , and surveyor's transit .

&hand; The surveyor's transit differs from the theodolite in having the horizontal axis attached directly to the telescope which is not mounted in Y 's and can be turned completely over about the axis.

Lower transit (Astron.) , the passage of a heavenly body across that part of the meridian which is below the polar axis. -- Surveyor's transit . See Transit , 5, above. -- Transit circle (Astron.) , a transit instrument with a graduated circle attached, used for observing the time of transit and the declination at one observation. See Circle , n. , 3. -- Transit compass . See Transit , 5, above. -- Transit duty , a duty paid on goods that pass through a country. -- Transit instrument . (Astron.) (a) A telescope mounted at right angles to a 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 transit of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place. (b) (Surv.) A surveyor's transit. See Transit , 5, above. -- Transit trade (Com.) , the business conected with the passage of goods through a country to their destination. -- Upper transit (Astron.) , the passage of a heavenly body across that part of the meridian which is above the polar axis.

Transit <Xpage=1529>

Trans"it , v. t. (Astron.) To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).

Transition <Xpage=1529>

Tran*si"tion (?) , n. [L. transitio : cf. F. transition . See Transient .] 1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold .

There is no death, what seems so is transition . Longfellow.

2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.

3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to another.

[He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes. Milton.

4. (Biol.) Change from one form to another.

&hand; This word is sometimes pronounced tran*sish"un ; but according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities, the customary and preferable pronunciation is tran*sizh"un , although this latter mode violates analogy. Other authorities say tran*zish"un .

Transition rocks (Geol.) , a term formerly applied to the lowest uncrystalline stratified rocks (graywacke) 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.

Transitional <Xpage=1529>

Tran*si"tion*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to transition; involving or denoting transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage .

Transitionary <Xpage=1529>

Tran*si"tion*a*ry (?) , a. Transitional.

Transitive <Xpage=1529>

Tran"si*tive (?) , a. [L. transitivus : cf. F. transitif . See Transient .] 1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.]

Bacon.

2. Effected by transference of signification.

By far the greater part of the transitive or derivative applications of words depend on casual and unaccountable caprices of the feelings or the fancy. Stewart.

3. (Gram.) Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book .

-- Tran"si*tive*ly , adv. -- Tran"si*tive*ness , n.

Transitorily <Xpage=1529>

Tran"si*to*ri*ly (?) , adv. In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.

Transitoriness <Xpage=1529>

Tran"si*to*ri*ness , n. The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.

Transitory <Xpage=1529>

Tran"si*to*ry (?) , a. [L. transitorius : cf. F. transitoire . See Transient .] Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.

Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing. South.