Chapter 1758

Transpatronize <Xpage=1530>

Trans*pat"ron*ize (?) , v. t. [ Trans- + patronize .] To transfer the patronage of. [Obs.]

Warner.

Transpeciate <Xpage=1530>

Tran*spe"ci*ate (?) , v. t. [Pref. trans- + L. species form.] To change from one species to another; to transform. [Obs.]

Power to transpeciate a man into a horse.

Sir T. Browne.

Transpicuous <Xpage=1530>

Tran*spic"u*ous (?) , a. [L. transpicere to see or look through + specere , spicere , to see. Cf. Conspicuous .] Transparent; pervious to the sight. [R.] "The wide, transpicuous air."

Milton.

Transpierce <Xpage=1530>

Trans*pierce" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transpierced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transpiercing (?) .] [Pref. trans- + pierce : cf. F. transpercer .] To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.

The sides transpierced return a rattling sound. Dryden.

Transpirable <Xpage=1530>

Tran*spir"a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. transpirable .] Capable of being transpired, or of transpiring.

Transpiration <Xpage=1530>

Tran`spi*ra"tion (?) , n. [F. transpiration .] 1. (Physiol.) The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration , or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs . Perspiration is a form of transpiration.

Cudworth.

2. (bot.) The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.

3. (Physics) The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous substances, or the like; as, transpiration through membranes .

Transpiratory <Xpage=1530>

Tran*spir"a*to*ry (?) , a. Of or relating to transpiration.

Transpire <Xpage=1530>

Tran*spire" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Transpired (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transpiring .] [F. transpirer ; L. trans across, through + spirare to breathe. See Spirit .] 1. (Physiol.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.

2. (Bot.) To evaporate from living cells.

3. To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired .

The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travelers. De Quincey.

4. To happen or come to pass; to occur.

&hand; This sense of the word, which is of comparatively recent introduction, is common in the United States, especially in the language of conversation and of newspaper writers, and is used to some extent in England. Its use, however, is censured by critics of both countries. <-- still common in 1995 -->

Transpire <Xpage=1530>

Tran*spire" , v. t. 1. (Physiol.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.

2. (Bot.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.

Transplace <Xpage=1530>

Trans*place" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transplaced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transplacing (?) .] [Pref. trans- + place .] To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place. [R.]

It [an obelisk] was transplaced . . . from the left side of the Vatican into a more eminent place. Bp. Wilkins.

Transplant <Xpage=1530>

Trans*plant" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transplanted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transplanting .] [F. transplanter , L. transplantare ; trans across, over + plantare to plant. See Plant .] 1. To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees .

Dryden.

2. To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants .

Being transplanted out of his cold, barren diocese of St. David into a warmer climate. Clarendon.

Transplantation <Xpage=1530>

Trans`plan*ta"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. transplantation .] 1. The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.

The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. Broome.

2. (Surg.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty .

<-- 3. (Surg.) The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver . -->

Transplanter <Xpage=1530>

Trans*plant"er (?) , n. One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.

Transplendency <Xpage=1530>

Tran*splen"den*cy (?) , n. Quality or state of being transplendent. [R.]

Dr. H. More.

Transplendent <Xpage=1530>

Tran*splen"dent (?) , a. [ Trans- + splendent .] Resplendent in the highest degree. [R.] -- Tran*splen"dent*ly , adv. [R.]

Transport <Xpage=1530>

Trans*port" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transported ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transporting .] [F. transporter , L. transportare ; trans across + portare to carry. See Port bearing, demeanor.] 1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

Hakluyt.

2. To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.

3. To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul .

[They] laugh as if transported with some fit Of passion. Milton.

We shall then be transported with a nobler . . . wonder. South.

Transport <Xpage=1530>

Trans"port (?) , n. [F. See Transport , v. ] 1. Transportation; carriage; conveyance.

The Romans . . . stipulated with the Carthaginians to furnish them with ships for transport and war. Arbuthnot.

2. A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also transport ship , transport vessel .

3. Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.

With transport views the airy rule his own, And swells on an imaginary throne. Pope.

Say not, in transports of despair, That all your hopes are fled. Doddridge.

4. A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.

Transportability <Xpage=1530>

Trans*port`a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality or state of being transportable.

Transportable <Xpage=1530>

Trans*port"a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. transportable .] 1. Capable of being transported.

2. Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of transportation; as, a transportable offense .

Transportal <Xpage=1530>

Trans*port"al (?) , n. Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds."

Darwin.

Transportance <Xpage=1530>

Trans*port"ance (?) , n. Transportation. [Obs.] "Give me swift transportance ."

Shak.

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Transportant <Xpage=1531>

Trans*port"ant (?) , a. Transporting; <?/avishing; as, transportant love . [Obs.]

Dr. H. More.

Transportation <Xpage=1531>

Trans`por*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. transportatio : cf. F. transportation .] 1. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

To provide a vessel for their transportation . Sir H. Wotton.

2. Transport; ecstasy. [R.]

South.

Transported <Xpage=1531>

Trans*port"ed (?) , a. Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried away with passion or pleasure; entranced. -- Trans*port"ed*ly , adv. -- Trans*port"ed*ness , n.

Transporter <Xpage=1531>

Trans*port"er (?) , n. One who transports.

Transporting <Xpage=1531>

Trans*port"ing , a. That transports; fig., ravishing.

Your transporting chords ring out. Keble.

Transportingly <Xpage=1531>

Trans*port"ing*ly , adv. So as to transport.

Transportment <Xpage=1531>

Trans*port"ment (?) , n. The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation. [R.]

Transposable <Xpage=1531>

Trans*pos"a*ble (?) , a. That may transposed; as, a transposable phrase .

Transposal <Xpage=1531>

Trans*pos"al (?) , n. The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed; transposition.

Transpose <Xpage=1531>

Trans*pose" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transposed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transposing .] [F. transposer ; pref. trans- (L. trans across) + poser to put. See Pose .]

1. To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions .

2. To change; to transform; to invert. [R.]

Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Shak.

3. (Alg.) To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c , and we make a = c - b , then b is said to be transposed .

4. (Gram.) To change the natural order of, as words.

5. (Mus.) To change the key of.

Transposer <Xpage=1531>

Trans*pos"er (?) , n. One who transposes.

Transposition <Xpage=1531>

Trans`po*si"tion (?) , n. [F. transposition , from L. transponere , transpositum , to set over, remove, transfer; trans across, over + ponere to place. See Position .] The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed. Specifically: --

(a) (Alg.) The bringing of any term of an equation from one side over to the other without destroying the equation.

(b) (Gram.) A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition , without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English.

(c) (Mus.) A change of a composition into another key.

Transpositional <Xpage=1531>

Trans`po*si"tion*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to transposition; involving transposition.

Pegge.

Transpositive <Xpage=1531>

Trans*pos"i*tive (?) , a. Made by transposing; consisting in transposition; transposable.

Transprint <Xpage=1531>

Trans*print" (?) , v. t. [Pref. trans- + print .] To transfer to the wrong place in printing; to print out of place. [R.]

Coleridge.

Transprose <Xpage=1531>

Trans*prose" (?) , v. t. [Pref. trans- + prose .] To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to change from verse into prose. [Obs.]

Dryden.

Transregionate <Xpage=1531>

Trans*re"gion*ate (?) , a. [Pref. trans- + region .] Foreign. [Obs.]

Holinshed.

Transshape <Xpage=1531>

Trans*shape" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transshaped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transshaping .] [Pref. trans- + shape .] To change into another shape or form; to transform. [Written also transhape .]

Shak.

Transship <Xpage=1531>

Trans*ship" (?) , v. t. [Pref. trans- + ship .] To transfer from one ship or conveyance to another. [Written also tranship .]

Transshipment <Xpage=1531>

Trans*ship"ment (?) , n. The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods, from one ship or conveyance to another. [Written also transhipment .]

Transubstantiate <Xpage=1531>

Tran`sub*stan"ti*ate (?) , v. t. [LL. transubstantiatus , p . p . of transubstantiare to transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia substance. See Substance .] 1. To change into another substance. [R.]

The spider love which transubstantiates all, And can convert manna to gall. Donne.

2. (R. C. Theol.) To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.

Transubstantiation <Xpage=1531>

Tran`sub*stan`ti*a"tion (?) , n. [LL. transubstantiatio : cf. F. transsubstantiation .] 1. A change into another substance.

2. (R. C. Theol.) The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted into the body and blood of Christ; -- distinguished from consubstantiation , and impanation .

Transubstantiator <Xpage=1531>

Tran`sub*stan"ti*a`tor (?) , n. [Cf. F. transsubstantiateur .] One who maintains the doctrine of transubstantiation.

Barrow.

Transudation <Xpage=1531>

Tran`su*da"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. transsudation .] 1. The act or process of transuding.

2. (Physics) Same as Exosmose .

Transudatory <Xpage=1531>

Tran*su"da*to*ry (?) , a. Of or pertaining to transudation; passing by transudation.

Transude <Xpage=1531>

Tran*sude" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Transuded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transuding .] [Pref. trans- + L. sudare to sweat: cf. F. transsuder .] To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood .

Transume <Xpage=1531>

Tran*sume" (?) , v. t. [L. transumere , transsumere , to take from one to another; trans across + sumere to take.] To change; to convert. [R.]

Crashaw.

Transsummer <Xpage=1531>

Trans"sum`mer (?) , n. (Naut.) See Transom , 2.

Transumpt <Xpage=1531>

Tran*sumpt" (?) , n. [L. transumere , transumptum , to take from one to another, in LL., to transcribe. See Transume .] A copy or exemplification of a record. [Obs.]

Lord Herbert.

Transumption <Xpage=1531>

Tran*sump"tion (?) , n. [L. transumptio .] Act of taking from one place to another. [R.]

South.

Transumptive <Xpage=1531>

Tran*sump"tive (?) , a. [L. transumptivus .] Taking from one to another; metaphorical. [R.] "A transumptive kind of speech."

Drayton.

Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive , and withal definitive. Lowell.

Transvasate <Xpage=1531>

Trans*va"sate (?) , v. t. [See Transvasation .] To pour out of one vessel into another. [Obs.]

Cudworth.

Transvasation <Xpage=1531>

Trans`va*sa"tion (?) , n. [Pref. trans- + L. vas , vasis , vessel.] The act or process of pouring out of one vessel into another. [Obs.]

Holland.

Transvection <Xpage=1531>

Trans*vec"tion (?) , n. [L. transvectio , from transvehere to carry across; trans across + vehere to carry.] The act of conveying or carrying over. [R.]

Transverberate <Xpage=1531>

Trans*ver"ber*ate (?) , v. t. [L. transverberatus , p. p. of transverberare to strike or pierce through.] To beat or strike through. [Obs.]

Transversal <Xpage=1531>

Trans*ver"sal (?) , a. [Cf. F. transversal . See Transverse .] Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line . -- Trans*ver"sal*ly , adv.

Transversal <Xpage=1531>

Trans*ver"sal , n. [Cf. F. transversale .] (Geom.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced.

Transverse <Xpage=1531>

Trans*verse" (?) , a. [L. transversus , p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. F. transverse . See Verse , and cf. Traverse .] Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction; athwart; -- often opposed to longitudinal .

Transverse axis (of an ellipse or hyperbola) (Geom.) , that axis which passes through the foci. -- Transverse partition (Bot.) , a partition, as of a pericarp, at right angles with the valves, as in the siliques of mustard.

Transverse <Xpage=1531>

Trans"verse (?) , n. 1. Anything that is transverse or athwart.

2. (Geom.) The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.

Transverse <Xpage=1531>

Trans*verse" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transversed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transversing .] To overturn; to change. [R.]

C. Leslie.

Transverse <Xpage=1531>

Trans*verse" , v. t. [Pref. trans- + verse , n. Cf. Transpose .] To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose. [Obs.]

Duke of Buckingham.

Transversely <Xpage=1531>

Trans*verse"ly , adv. In a transverse manner.

Transversion <Xpage=1531>

Trans*ver"sion (?) , n. The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.

Transvert <Xpage=1531>

Trans*vert" (?) , v. t. [L. transvertere . See Transverse , a.] To cause to turn across; to transverse. [Obs.]

Craft of Lovers (1448).

Transvertible <Xpage=1531>

Trans*vert"i*ble (?) , a. Capable of being transverted. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Transvolation <Xpage=1531>

Trans`vo*la"tion (?) , n. [L. transvolare to fly over or across; trans across + volare to fly.] The act of flying beyond or across.

Jer. Taylor.

Trant <Xpage=1531>

Trant (?) , v. i. [Cf. OD. tranten to walk slowly, LG. & D. trant walk, pace.] To traffic in an itinerary manner; to peddle. [Written also traunt .] [Obs.]

Tranter <Xpage=1531>