trankum 
trankum (trang'kum), n. Same as trangram. 
That shawl must be had for Clara, with the other tran- 
kums of muslin and lace. Scott, St. Kenan's Well, xviii. 
tranlacet (tran-las'), v. t. [< Iran- tor traits- + 
/('(.] To transpose. 
Here ye see how in the former rime this word life is tran- 
laced into Hue, liuing, liuely, liuelode. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 170. 
trannel (tran'el), . [A var. of tnmnel, ult. of 
treenail.] A treenail. 
tranquil (trang'kwil), a. [< F. tranquille = Sp. 
tranqiiilo = Pg. It. tranquillo, < L. tranquillus, 
quiet, tranquil.] Quiet; calm; undisturbed; 
not agitated ; serene. 
O, now for ever 
Farewell the tranquil mind ! farewell content ! 
Shale., Othello, iii. 3. 348. 
=Syn. Placid, Serene, etc. See ealmi. 
tranquilization, tr anquillization (trang"k wil- 
i-za'shpn), n. [X tranquilize + -fflWow.J The 
act of tranquilizing, or the state of being tran- 
quilized. Also spelled tranquilisation, tranquil- 
lisation. 
tranquilize, tranquillize (trang'kwil-iz), .; 
pret. and pp. tranquilized, tranquillized, ppr. 
tranquiliziug, tranquillizing. [< F. tranquilliser 
= Sp. tranquilizar = Pg. tranquillizar (cf. It. 
tranquillare, < L. tranquillare), make tranquil ; 
as tranquil + -ize.~\ I. trans. To render tran- 
quil or quiet; allay when agitated; compose; 
make calm or peaceful. 
Religion haunts the imagination of the sinner, instead 
of tranquillizing his heart. ft. Hail. 
= Syn. To quiet, still, soothe, calm, lull, hush. 
II. intrans. To become tranquil; also, to ex- 
ert a quieting or calming effect. 
I'll try as I ride in my chariot to tranquilise. 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, III. Iviii. 
Also spelled tranquilise, tranquillise. 
tranquilizer, tranquillizer (trang'kwil-i-zer), 
n. [< tranquilize + -er.] One who or that which 
tranquilizes. Also spelled tranquiliser, tran- 
quilliser. 
tranquilizingly, tranquillizingly (trang'- 
kwil-i-zing-li), adv. So as to tranquilize. 
tranquillamente (trang-kel-la-men'te), adv. 
[It., < tranquillo, tranquil: see tranquil.] In 
music, tranquilly ; calmly ; in a quiet manner, 
tranquillity (trang-kwil'i-ti), n. [< ME. tran- 
quillitee, < OF. tranquillite, F. tranquillite = Pr. 
tranquillitat, tranquilitat = Sp. tranqidlidad = 
Pg. tranquillidade = It. tranquillita, < L. tran- 
quillita(t-)s, tranquilness, < tranquillus, tran- 
quil: see tranquil.] The state or character of 
being tranquil; quietness; serenity; freedom 
from disturbance or agitation ; calmness. 
Ne ever rests he in tranquillity, 
The roriug billowes beat his bowre so boystrously. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. x. 58. 
Preserving the tranquillity of our spirits and the even- 
ness of our temper in the assault of infamy and disrepu- 
tation. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 33. 
Power dwells apart in its tranquillity, 
Remote, serene, and inaccessible. 
Shelley, Mont Blanc, iv. 
=Syn. Quiet, Peace, etc. (see resfi), serenity, placidness, 
calm, stillness. 
tranquillo (tran-kwel'lp), a. [It., = E. tran- 
quil] In music, tranquil: noting a passage to 
be so rendered. 
tranquilly (trang'kwil-li), adv. [< tranquil + 
-ly' 2 .] In a tranquil manner ; quietly ; peace- 
fully. 
tranquilness (trang'kwil-ues), . Tranquillity. 
trans-. [= F. trans-, tre-, OF. trans-, tres- = Sp. 
Pg. trans-, tras- = It. trans-, tras-, < L. trans-, 
prefix, trans, prep., across, over, beyond, on the 
other side of, in comp. across, over, through, 
through and through, beyond. Before a conso- 
nant the form varies between trans- and tra-, as 
in transdere, tradere (see tradition, trayS), trans- 
ducere, traducere (see traduce), transhwere, tra- 
lucere, etc. (see tralucent, translucent); before 
s, the form commonly becomes tran-, as in tran- 
scendere, for transscendere (see transcend), etc. 
This prefix appears in E. in other forms, as tra- 
in traduce, traject, etc., tre- in the obs. treget, 
etc., tres- in trespass, and reduced or partly ab- 
sorbed in traitor, treason, tray 3 , betray, etc.] A 
prefix of Latin origin, meaning ' across, over, 
beyond, on the other side of, through,' as in 
transfer, 'cany over,' transfuse, 'pour over,' 
transgress, 'pass beyond,' etc., transalpine, 'be- 
yond the Alps,' etc. (in the last use opposed 
to cis-). Besides its use in numerous English words 
taken from Latin words with this prefix, it is used to some 
extent as an English formative, as in transdiahct, trans- 
earth, transpierce, transview, etc. It is commonly used 
in its literal sense, but also as implying complete change, 
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as in transfigure, transform, etc. Trans- is also a frequent 
formative uf recent technical words of science, in the con- 
crete sense of ' athwart, across, crosswise, transversely, 
from side to side,' like dia- in the same cases: as, trails- 
procesK, equivalent to transverse process, or diapophysis; 
transductor, transfrontal, transmedian, transection, etc. 
trans. An abbreviation of transactions, trans- 
lated or translator, transpose, transitive, etc. 
transact (trans-akf), v. [< L. transactus, pp. 
of trannigere (> It. transigere = Sp. Pg. traitsi- 
gir), drive through, carry through, bring to an 
end, finish, complete, perform, < trans, through, 
+ agere, drive, do : see act. The verb appears 
to have been suggested by the nouns transactor 
and transaction.] I. trans. To carry through ; 
perform ; conduct ; manage ; do. 
Which pretences I am content to let alone, if they . . . 
will but transact the question wholly by Scripture and 
common sense. Jer. Taylor, Real -Presence, 12. 
In a country fully stocked in proportion to all the busi- 
ness it had to transact, as great a quantity of stock would 
be employed in every particular branch as the nature and 
extent of the trade would admit. 
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, i. 9. 
II. intrans. To conduct, arrange, or settle 
matters; deal; treat; negotiate. 
God transacts with mankind by gentle and paternal 
measures. Bp. Parker, Platonick Philos., p. 52. 
transaction (trans-ak'shon), n. [< F. trans- 
action = Pr. transactio = Sp. transaction = Pg. 
transaccSo = It. transazione, < LL. transactio(n-), 
a completion, an agreement/ L. transigere, com- 
plete, perform, transact: see transact.] 1. The 
management or settlement of an affair ; a doing 
or performing : as, the transaction of business. 
2. A completed or settled matter or item of 
business; a matter or affair either completed 
or in course of completion: as, a transaction 
of questionable honesty. 
Indifferent to truth in the transactions of life, he was 
honestly devoted to truth in the researches of specula- 
tion. Macaulay, Hachiavelli. 
3. pi. The reports or publications containing 
the several papers or abstracts of papers, 
speeches, discussions, etc., which have been 
read or delivered at the meetings of certain 
learned societies. Those of the Royal Socie- 
ty of London are known as the Philosophical 
Transactions. 
I have delivered him a Copy of the Transactions of 
Things that concerned their Company at Rheinsburgh. 
Howell, Letters, I. vi. 8. 
4. In civil law, an adjustment of a dispute be- 
tween parties by mutual agreement ; the extin- 
guishing of an obligation by an agreement by 
which each party consents to forego part of his 
claims in order to close the matter finally, it pre- 
supposes that each of the parties incurs some loss, other- 
wise the arrangement rather belongs to the class of dona- 
tions. A mas. Personal transaction. See personal. 
transactor (trans-ak'tor), n. [< OF. transacteur 
= Pg. transactor, < L. transactor, a manager, < 
transigere, pp. transactus, complete, transact: 
see transact.] One who transacts, performs, 
or conducts any business. 
transalpine (trans -al' pin), a. and n. [< F. 
transalpin = Sp. Pg. It. transalpine, < L. trans- 
alpinus, < trans, across, + Alpes, Alps, Alpinus, 
Alpine, of the Alps: see Alp'*, Alpine.] I. a. 
Being or situated beyond the Alps, especially 
from Rome: as, transalpine Gaul: opposed to 
cisalpine. Compare transmontane, 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of a country 
beyond the Alps, generally with reference to 
Rome. 
transandine (trans -an 'din), a. [< trans- + 
Andes + -we 1 .] Across the Andes; to or on 
the other side of the Andes: as, transandine 
explorations. 
transanimate (trans-an'i-mat), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. transanimated, ppr. transanimating. [< 
trans- + animate.] To animate by the convey- 
ance of a soul to another body. Dean King, 
Sermon, Nov., 1608. [Rare.] 
transanimation (trans-an-i-ma'shon), M. [= 
It. transanimazione ; as transanimate + -ton.] 
Transmigration of the soul ; metempsychosis ; 
also, any doctrine or theory of reincarnation 
(as in the following extract). 
Yf it may be graunted . . . that the spirites of dead 
men may reuiue in other (after the opinion and transani- 
mation of Pythagoras), we may thynke that the soule of 
Archimedes was reuiued in Besson, that excellent Geom- 
eter of our tyme. 
Jt. Eden (First Books on America, ed. Arber, p. xlvii). 
trans-Appalachian (trans-ap-a-lach'i-an), a. 
[< trans- + Appalachian] Across the Appa- 
lachian range of mountains. 
The Trans-Appalachian movement of Birds. 
The Auk, Jan., 1891, p. 82. 
transcendent 
transatlantic (traus-at-lau'tik), . [= F. trans- 
atlantique = Sp. transatldniico ; as trans- + At- 
lantic.] 1. Lying or being beyond the Atlantic ; 
on the opposite side of the Atlantic from the 
country of the speaker or writer; specifically, 
in Europe, American. 
I go to search where, dark and deep, 
Those Trans-atlantic treasures sleep. 
Scott, Rokehy, L 21. 
2. Crossing or passing across the Atlantic: as, 
a transatlantic line of steamers, 
transaudient (trans-a'di-ent), a. [< L. trans-, 
through, + audien(t-)s, ppr. of audire, hear: see 
hearing.] Permitting the passage of sound. 
[Rare.] 
There were dwarfs, also, who danced and sang, and many 
a proprietor regretted the transaudient properties of can- 
vas, which allowed the frugal public to share in the mel- 
ody without entering the booth. 
Lowell, Cambridge Thirty Years Ago. 
transcalency (traus-ka'len-si), u. [< transca- 
len(t) + -cy] The property of being transca- 
lent. 
transcalent (trans-ka'lent), a. [< L. trans, 
through, + calen(t-)s, ppr. of calere, be warm: 
see calid.] Pervious to heat; permitting the 
passage of heat. E. Franldand, Exper. Chem., 
p. 997. 
transcend (tran-send'), v. [< OF. transceiver 
= Sp. transcender, trascender Pg. transct>l<-i- 
= It. transcendere, trascendere, < L. transcendere, 
transscendere, climb over, step over, surpass, 
transcend, < trans, over, + scandere, climb: see 
scan. Cf. ascend, descend] I. trans. If. To 
climb over or up ; ascend ; mount ; reach or ex- 
tend upward to. 
The shore let her transcend, the promont to descry. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, i. 71. 
It will be thought a thing ridiculous . . . 
. . . that any poet, void 
Of birth, or wealth, or temporal dignity, 
Should with decorum transcend Csesar's chair. 
B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. 
Make disquisition whether these unusual lights be me- 
teorological impressions not transcending the upper re- 
gion, or whether to be ranked among celestial bodies. 
Uowell. (Latham.) 
2. To pass over; go beyond; overpass; over- 
step. 
It is a dangerous opinion to such popes as shall tran- 
scend their limits and become tyrannical. Bacon. 
The great will see that true love cannot be unrequited. 
True love transcends the unworthy object. 
Emerson, Friendship, p. 206. 
We may indeed require rigid proof of whatever tran- 
scends our experience, but it is not only Orientals who say 
that "With Ciod all things are possible." 
J. R. SeeUy, Nat. Religion, p. 77. 
3. To surpass; outdo; excel; exceed. 
Secret scorching flames, 
That far transcend earthly material fires, 
Are crept into me, and there is no cure. 
Beau, and Ft., King and No King, iii. 3. 
High though her wit, yet humble was her mind; 
As if she could not or she would not find 
How much her worth transcended all her kind. 
Dryden, Epitaph for Monument of a Lady at Bath. 
4f. To cause to climb or pass; lift; elevate. 
To that People thou a Law hast giv'n 
Which from grosse earth transcendeth them to heav'n. 
Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 530. 
= Syn. 2. To overstep. 3. To outstrip, outdo. 
II. intrans. If. To climb; mount; pass up- 
ward or onward. 
But to conclude an impossibility from a difficulty, or 
affirm whereas things not easily sink they do not drown 
at all, besides the fallacy, is a frequent addition in human 
expression, and an amplification not unusual as well in 
opinions as relations; which oftentimes give indistinct 
accounts of proximities, and without restraint transcend 
from one another. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vii. 15. 
2. To be transcendent; excel. 
transcendantt, a. An obsolete form of tran- 
scendent. 
transcendence (tran-sen'dens), n. [= F. tran- 
scendance = Sp.transcendeiicia, trascendencia = 
Pg. transcendencia = It. transcendenza, trascen- 
denza, < LL. transcendentia,< L. transccnden(t-)s, 
transcendent : see transcendent] The charac- 
ter of being transcendent; elevation; loftiness; 
exaggeration. 
In a most weak and debile minister, great power, great 
transcendence. Shak., All's Well, ii. 3. 40. 
transcendency (tran-sen'den-si), . [As tra ii- 
scendence (see -cy).] Same as transcendence. 
" It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man 
and the security of a God ; " . . . this would have done bet- 
ter in poesy, where transcendencies are more allowed. 
Bacon, Adversity (ed. 1887). 
transcendent (tran-sen'dent). a. and n. [For- 
merly also tranxcendant; < OF. (and F.) tran- 
s<xndant=z Pr. trenscendant = Sp. tratiscettdente, 
