Chapter 1757

Transitory action (Law) , an action which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to local action .

Blackstone. Bouvier.

Syn. -- transient; short-lived; brief. See Transient .

Translatable <Xpage=1529>

Trans*lat"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language.

Translate <Xpage=1529>

Trans*late" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Translated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Translating .] [f. translatus , used as p. p. of transferre to transfer, but from a different root. See Trans- , and Tolerate , and cf. Translation .] 1. To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree . [Archaic]

Dryden.

In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show her head- the rest of her body being translated to Rome. Evelyn.

2. To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death.

3. To remove to heaven without a natural death.

By faith Enoch was translated , that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him. Heb. xi. 5.

4. (Eccl.) To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another. "Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, when the king would have translated him from that poor bishopric to a better, . . . refused."

Camden.

5. To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words.

Translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing language, what he found in books well known to the world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls. Macaulay.

6. To change into another form; to transform.

Happy is your grace, That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and so sweet a style. Shak.

7. (Med.) To cause to remove from one part of the body to another; as, to translate a disease .

8. To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance. [Obs.]

J. Fletcher.

Translate <Xpage=1529>

Trans*late , v. i. To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.

Translation <Xpage=1529>

Trans*la"tion (?) , n. [F. translation , L. translatio a transferring, translation, version. See Translate , and cf. Tralation .] 1. The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop .

2. The act of rendering into another language; interpretation; as, the translation of idioms is difficult .

3. That which is obtained by translating something a version; as, a translation of the Scriptures .

4. (Rhet.) A transfer of meaning in a word or phrase, a metaphor; a tralation. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

5. (Metaph.) Transfer of meaning by association; association of ideas.

A. Tucker.

6. (Kinematics) Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation .

Translatitious <Xpage=1529>

Trans`la*ti"tious (?) , a. [See Tralatitious .] Metaphorical; tralatitious; also, foreign; exotic. [Obs.]

Evelyn.

Translative <Xpage=1529>

Trans*lat"ive (?) , a. [L. translativus that is to be transferred: cf. F. translatif .] tropical; figurative; as, a translative sense . [R.]

Puttenham.

Translator <Xpage=1529>

Trans*lat"or (?) , n. [L. translator : cf. F. translateur .] 1. One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another.

2. (Teleg.) A repeating instrument. [Eng.]

Translatorship <Xpage=1529>

Trans*lat"or*ship , n. The office or dignity of a translator.

Translatory <Xpage=1529>

Trans*lat"o*ry (?) , a. Serving to translate; transferring. [R.]

Arbuthnot.

Translatress <Xpage=1529>

Trans*lat"ress (?) , n. A woman who translates.

Translavation <Xpage=1529>

Trans`la*va"tion (?) , n. [Pref. trans- + L. lavatio , -onis , washing.] A laving or lading from one vessel to another. [Obs.]

Holland.

Transliterate <Xpage=1529>

Trans*lit"er*ate (?) , v. t. [Pref. trans- + L. litera , littera letter.] To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters .

A. J. Ellis.

Transliteration <Xpage=1529>

Trans*lit`er*a"tion (?) , n. The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.

Translocation <Xpage=1529>

Trans`lo*ca"tion (?) , n. [Pref. trans- + location .] removal of things from one place to another; substitution of one thing for another.

There happened certain translocations at the deluge. Woodward.

Translucence, Translucency <Xpage=1529>

Trans*lu"cence (?) , Trans*lu"cen*cy (?) , n. The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial transparency.

Sir T. Browne.

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Translucent <Xpage=1530>

Trans*lu"cent (?) , a. [L. translucens , -entis , p. pr. of translucere to shine through; trans across, through = lucere to shine. See Lucid .] 1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.

2. Transparent; clear. [Poetic] "Fountain or fresh current . . . translucent , pure."

Milton.

Replenished from the cool, translucent springs. Pope.

Syn. -- Translucent , Transparent . A thing is translucent when it merely admits the passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish the color and outline of objects through it; it is transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are transparent ; ground glass is translucent ; a translucent style.

Translucently <Xpage=1530>

Trans*lu"cent*ly , adv. In a translucent manner.

Translucid <Xpage=1530>

Trans*lu"cid (?) , a. [L. translucidus ; trans across, through + lucidus lucid: cf. F. translucide . See Translucent .] Translucent. [R.]

Bacon.

Translunary <Xpage=1530>

Trans"lu*na*ry (?) , a. [Pref. trans- + L. luna moon.] Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary . [Obs.]

Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave, translunary things That the first poets had. Drayton.

Transmarine <Xpage=1530>

Trans`ma*rine" (?) , a. [L. transmarinus ; trans beyond + marinus marine: cf. F. transmarin . See Marine .] Lying or being beyond the sea.

Howell.

Transmeable, Transmeatable <Xpage=1530>

Trans"me*a*ble (?) , Trans`me*at"a*ble (?) , a. [L. transmeabilis .] Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable. [Obs.]

Transmeate <Xpage=1530>

Trans"me*ate (?) , v. t. [L. transmeatus , p. p. of transmeare to pass across; trans across, over + meare to go.] To pass over or beyond. [Obs.]

Transmeation <Xpage=1530>

Trans`me*a"tion (?) , n. The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond. [Obs.]

Transmew <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mew" (?) , v. t. & i. [F. transmuer , L. transmutare . See Transmute .] To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [Archaic]

Chaucer. Spenser.

To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester. Sir W. Scott.

Transmigrant <Xpage=1530>

Trans"mi*grant (?) , a. [L. transmigrans , p. pr. See Transmigrate .] Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another. -- n. One who transmigrates.

Transmigrate <Xpage=1530>

Trans"mi*grate (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Transmigrated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmigrating .] [L. transmigrare , transmigratum ; trans across + migrare to migrate. See Migrate .] 1. To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.

2. To pass from one body or condition into another.

Their may transmigrate into each other. Howell.

Transmigration <Xpage=1530>

Trans`mi*gra"tion (?) , n. [F. transmigration , L. transmigratio .] 1. The act of passing from one country to another; migration.

2. The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.

Transmigrator <Xpage=1530>

Trans"mi*gra`tor (?) , n. One who transmigrates.

J. Ellis.

Transmigratory <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mi"gra*to*ry (?) , a. Passing from one body or state to another.

Transmissibility <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mis`si*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. transmissibilit\'82 .] The quality of being transmissible.

Transmissible <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mis"si*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. transmissible .] Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.

Transmission <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mis"sion (?) , n. [L. transmissio ; cf. F. transmission . See Transmit .] 1. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another .

2. (Law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.

Transmissive <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mis"sive (?) , a. Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from one to another.

Itself a sun, it with transmissive light Enlivens worlds denied to human sight. Prior.

Transmit <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mit" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transmitted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmitting .] [L. transmittere , transmissum ; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre . See Missile .] 1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another .

The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the gospel. Milton.

The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. Prescott.

2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit , or conduct, electricity .

Transmittal <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mit"tal (?) , n. Transmission.

Swift.

Transmittance <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mit"tance (?) , n. Transmission.

Transmitter <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mit"ter (?) , n. One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- opposed to receiver .

Transmittible <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mit"ti*ble (?) , a. Capable of being transmitted; transmissible.

Transmogrification <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mog`ri*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being transmogrified; transformation. [Colloq.]

Clive, who wrote me about the transmogrification of our schoolfellow, an attorney's son. Thackeray.

Transmogrify <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mog"ri*fy (?) , v. t. [A humorous coinage.] To change into a different shape; to transform. [Colloq.]

Fielding.

Transmove <Xpage=1530>

Trans*move" (?) , v. t. [Pref. trans + move .] To move or change from one state into another; to transform. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Transmutability <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mu`ta*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. transmutabilit\'82 .] The quality of being transmutable.

Transmutable <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mut"a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. transmutable . See Transmute .] Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable.

The fluids and solids of an animal body are easily transmutable into one another. Arbuthnot.

-- Trans*mut"a*ble*ness , n. -- Trans*mut"a*bly , adv.

Transmutation <Xpage=1530>

Trans`mu*ta"tion (?) , n. [F. transmutation , L. transmutatio . See Transmute .] 1. The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals .

2. (Geom.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square. [R.]

3. (Biol.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism.

Bacon.

Transmutation of metals (Alchem.) , the conversion of base metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by the alchemists. See Alchemy , and Philosopher's stone , under Philosopher .

Transmutationist <Xpage=1530>

Trans`mu*ta"tion*ist , n. One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.

Transmute <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mute" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transmuted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmuting .] [L. transmutare , transmutatum ; trans across + mutare to change. See Mutable , and cf. Transmew .] To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.

The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. Buckminster.

Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. H. Smith.

Transmuter <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mut"er (?) , n. One who transmutes.

Transmutual <Xpage=1530>

Trans*mu"tu*al (?; 135) , a. [Pref. trans + mutual .] Reciprocal; commutual. [R.]

Coleridge.

Transnatation <Xpage=1530>

Trans`na*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. transnatare to swim over; trans across, over + natare to swim.] The act of swimming across, as a river.

Transnature <Xpage=1530>

Trans*na"ture (?; 135) , v. t. [Pref. trans- + nature .] To transfer or transform the nature of. [Obs.]

We are transelemented, or transnatured . Jewel.

Transom <Xpage=1530>

Tran"som (?) , n. [Probably fr. L. transtrum a crossbeam, transom, from trans across. Cf. Trestle .] 1. (Arch.) A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust . of Mullion .

2. (Naut.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer .

3. (Gun.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.

4. (Surg.) The vane of a cross-staff.

Chambers.

5. (Railroad) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.

Transom knees (Shipbuilding) , knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers. -- Transom window . (Arch.) (a) A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms. (b) A window over a door, with a transom between.

Transpadane <Xpage=1530>

Trans"pa*dane` (?) , a. [L. transpadanus ; trans across + Padus the Po.] Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane .

Transpalatine <Xpage=1530>

Trans*pal"a*tine (?) , a. [Pref. trans- + palatine .] (Anat.) Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.

Transpare <Xpage=1530>

Trans*pare" (?) , v. t. & i. [See Transparent .] To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be seen, through something. [Obs.]

Stirling.

Transparence <Xpage=1530>

Trans*par"ence (?) , n. [Cf. F. transparence .] The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.

Transparency <Xpage=1530>

Trans*par"en*cy (?) , n. ; pl. Transparencies (#) . [Cf. F. transparence .] 1. The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.

2. That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it.

Fairholt.

Transparent <Xpage=1530>

Trans*par"ent (?) , a. [F., from LL. transparens , -entis , p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to appear. See Appear .] 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond ; -- opposed to opaque . " Transparent elemental air."

Milton.

2. Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil .

Dryden.

Syn. -- Translucent; pellucid; clear; bright; limpid; lucid; diaphanous. See Translucent .

-- Trans*par"ent*ly , adv. -- Trans*par"ent*ness , n.

Transpass <Xpage=1530>

Trans*pass" (?) , v. t. [Pref. trans- + pass : cf. LL. transpassare . Cf. Trespass .] To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river . [Obs.]

J. Gregory.

Transpass <Xpage=1530>

Trans*pass" , v. i. To pass by; to pass away. [Obs.]

Transpassable <Xpage=1530>

Trans*pass"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over. [Obs.]