transcriptive 
He is to be embraced with caution, and as a trunscriplioe 
relator. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 8. 
transcriptively (tran-skrip'tiv-li), adv. By 
transcription; by mere copying or imitation. 
Not a few transcriptitidy. subscribing their names unto 
other mens endeavours, and merely transcribing almost 
all they have written. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 8. 
transcurt (trans-ker'), r. i. [= It. trascorrere 
= Sp. traseurrir, transriirrir, < L. transcurrere, 
run across, over, by, or through, < trans, over, 
through, + currcrc, run: see current 1 .] To run 
or rove to and fro. 
By the fixing of the mind upon one object of cogitation, 
whereby it doth not snatmte and transcur. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., 720. 
transcurrencet (trans-kur'ens), n. [< L. trans- 
curren(t-)s, ppr. of transcurrere, run over: see 
transcur.] A roving hither and thither. 
transcurrent (trans-kur'ent), a. [< L. trans- 
cur ren(t-)s, ppr. of transcurrere, run across: see 
transcur.] In enlom., extending crosswise or 
transversely: specifying the metanotal post- 
frena of a beetle, which diverge from the me- 
dian line of the back to the bases of the hinder 
wings. 
transcursiont (trans-ker'shon), n. [< LL. trans- 
cursio(n-), a passing over, a lapse (of time), < L. 
transcurrere, run over: see transcur.] A ram- 
bling; passage beyond certain limits ; extraor- 
dinary deviation. 
I am to make often transcursions into the neighbouring 
forests as I pass along. Howell. 
transCUTSivet (traus-ker'siv), a. [< L. trans- 
cursus, pp. of transcurrere, run over, + -ire.] 
Rambling. 
In this transcursive repertory. 
Nashe, Lenten Stuffe (Harl. Misc., VI. 149). 
transdialect (trans-di'a-lekt), v. t. [< trans- 
+ dialect.] To translate from one dialect into 
another. [Rare.] 
The fragments of these poems, left us by those who did 
not write in Doric, are in the common dialect. It is plain 
then they have been transdialected. 
Warburton, Divine Legation, ii. 3. 
transduction (trans-duk'shon), M. [< L. trans- 
ducere, traducere (pp. transductus, traductus), 
lead over, < trans, over, + ducere, lead: see 
duct. Cf. traduce, traduction.] The act of lead- 
ing or carrying over. [Rare.] 
transductor (trans -duk 'tor), n. [NL., < L. 
transducere, pp. transductus, lead over: see tra- 
duce.] In anat., that which draws across: speci- 
fying a muscle of the great toe Transductor 
liallucis, a transverse muscle of the sole of the human 
foot, acting upon the great toe ; the transversus pedis. 
transet. An obsolete spelling of trance^, trance 2 . 
transeartht (trans-erth'), v. t. [< trans- + 
earth 1 -.] To transplant. 
Fruits of hotter countries transearth'd in colder climates 
have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous accord- 
ing to their nature. Feltham, Resolves, i. 19. 
transect (tran-sekf), r. 1. [< L. trans, across, 
+ secare, pp. sectus, cut: see section.] To cut 
across ; dissect transversely. 
The meshes of the dotted substance, as described by 
other authors, are only the transected sheaths of the tu- 
bules. Amer. Jour. Psychol., I. 488. 
transection 1 (tran-sek'shon), H. [< transect + 
-ion.] In anat., the dissection of a body trans- 
versely; transverse section: correlated with 
longisection. Wilder, N. Y. Med. Jour., Aug. 
2, 1884, p. 114. 
transection ^t, n. See transexion. 
transelementt (trans-el'e-ment), r. t. [< trans- 
+ element,'} To change or transform the ele- 
ments of. 
For, as he saith wee are transelemented, or trans-natured, 
and changed into Christe, euen so, and none otherwise, 
wee sale, the breade is transelemented, or changed into 
Christesbody. Bp. Jewell, Reply to Harding, p. 288. 
transelementatet (trans-el-e-men'tat), v. 1. [< 
trans- + element + -ate 2 .] Same as transele- 
ment. Jer. Taylor, Real Presence, xii. 
transelementationt (trans-el"e-men-ta'shon), 
n. [< transelementate + -ion.] The change or 
transformation of one element into another. 
He [Minutius Feb'x] describes the Pagan systems, not 
much unlike that of Epicurus of old, and our later Athe- 
ists, who ascribe all to chance or transelementation. 
Evelyn, True Religion, I. 104. 
transenna (tran-sen'a), . [< L. transenna, 
trasenna, plaited work, a net, a lattice.] In 
Christian antiq., a carved latticework or grating 
of marble, silver, etc., used to inclose shrines, 
as those of martyrs. It allowed the sacred 
coffer to be seen, but protected it from being 
handled. See cut in next column. 
6428 
Transenna in Church at the entrance of the Catacombs 
of St. Alexander, Rome. 
transept (tran'sept), . [Formerly erroneously 
transcept; = F. transept, < L. trans, across, + 
septum, seeptum, a partition, inclosure : see sep- 
tum.] In arcli., the transverse arm of a cruci- 
form church ; technically, one of the two sub- 
Salisbury Cathedral, from the northeast, showing the two Transepts. 
divisions of this arm, one on each side of the 
body of the church, generally described as 
the north or the south transept. Some medieval 
churches, particularly in England, have two transepts, as 
shown in the cut. See plans under basilica, cathedral, 
and squint. 
His body was buried in the south Transcept or large south 
Isle joyning to the Choir of St. Peter's Church in Westmin- 
ster. Wood, Fasti Oxon., II. 145. 
transept-aisle (trau'sept-il), n. An aisle of a 
transept where, as is commonly the case in 
cathedrals and large medieval churches, the 
transept is divided, like the body of the church, 
into nave and aisles. See plan under cathedral. 
Where there are no transept aides, as in the east transept 
of Lincoln, there are, of course, no vertical divisions in the 
facade [end of transept]. 
C. H. Moore, Gothic Architecture, p. 160. 
transeptal (tran-sep'tal), a. [< transept + -al.] 
Of or pertaining to a transept. 
Transeptal towers occur elsewhere in England only in 
the collegiate church of Ottery, in Devonshire, where the 
cathedral served as a model. Encyc. Brit., VIII. 802. 
transeunt (trau'se-unt), . [< L. trans, over, 
+ eun(t-)s, ppr. otire, go. Cf. transient.] Pass- 
ing outward ; operating outside of itself : op- 
posed to immanent. 
The functions of the subject or psyche . . . may be ex- 
haustively divided into (1) sense-presentation. ... (3) vc- 
Htionally reactive redintegration, with its two stages, im- 
manent and transeunt action. Athensenm, No. 3289, p. 631. 
transexiont (tran-sek'shon), . [Erroneously 
transection ; < trans- + sex + -ion.] Transfor- 
mation as regards sex ; change of sex. 
It much impeacheth this iterated transection of hares if 
that be true which Cardan and other physitians affirm, that 
transmutation of sex is only so in opinion. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 17. 
transfardt. A corrupt form of transferred. 
transfeminatet (trans-fem'i-nat), r. t. [< L. 
trans, over, + femina, woman, + -ate 2 .] To 
change from female to male. 
Cardan and other physitians affirm that transmutation 
of sex is only so in opinion, and that these transfeminated 
persons were really men at first, although succeeding years 
produced the manifesto or evidence of their virilities. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 17. 
transfer (trans-fer'), v. t.; pret. and pp. tmttx- 
ferred, ppr. transferring. [= F. transferer = 
Sp. transferor, trasferir = Pg. transferor = It. 
transferee, trasferire, < L. transferre, pp. trans- 
transfer-book 
latus, bear across, carry over, transfer, trans- 
late, < trans, over, + ferre = E. tear 1 .] 1. To 
convey from one place or person to another ; 
transport; transmit; pass or hand over: usu- 
ally followed by to (unto, into), sometimes by on 
(upon) : as, to transfer a thing from one hand to 
the other. 
In things right true my heart and eyes have erred, 
And to this false plague are they now transferr'd. 
Shak., Sonnets, cxxxvii. 
The war being now transferred into Munster, the series 
both of matters and times calleth me thither also. 
Camden, Elizabeth, an. 1601. 
They forgot from whence that ease came, and transferred 
the honour of it upon themselves. Bp. Atterbury. 
2. To make over the possession or control of ; 
convey, as a right, from one person to another ; 
sell; give: as, to transfer a title to land by 
deed, or the property in a bill of exchange by 
indorsement. 
The lucrative right of supplying the Spanish colonies 
in America with negroes was transferred from a French 
company to the English. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent, i. 
3. To convey by means of transfer-paper, as 
a written or drawn design to the lithographic 
stone from which it is to be printed. 4. To re- 
move from one background to another for deco- 
rative purposes. In embroidering, this is done by at- 
tachment to a new background, the embroidered pattern 
being carefully cut out with so much of the old material 
as supports it, and sewed upon a new piece of stufl ; in 
lace-making, the sprigs, flowers, or pattern of lace are re- 
moved from their old background and sewed strongly upon 
a new reseau or mesh. 
transfer (trans'fer), n. [< transfer, r.] 1. Re- 
moval or conveyance from one place or person 
to another; transference. 
The conviction of this reconciled the nation to the 
transfer of authority into other hands. 
Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 1. 
The Messrs. Betts, transit agents at Suez, had also exert- 
ed themselves greatly in expediting the transfer of the 
troops. W. H. Russell, Diary in India, I. 84. 
2. The conveyance of right, title, or property, 
either real or personal, from one person to an- 
other, either by sale, by gift, or otherwise. In 
law it usually implies something more than a delivery of 
possession. Transfer in English law corresponds to con- 
veyance in Scots law, but the particular forms and modes 
used under the two systems differ very materially. See 
conveyance, conveyancing. 
3. That which is transferred. Particularly (o) 
The print or impression on transfer-paper of a writing, 
engraving, or drawing intended to be transferred to a stone 
for printing. (&) A reversed impression taken by laying 
any material upon an original in copying-ink or any other 
vehicle that will print, and applying pressure, (c) Milit., 
a soldier transferred from one troop or company to another. 
4. In railway transportation : (a) A point on 
a railway where the cars are ferried or trans- 
ferred over a river or bay. (b) A ferry-boat or 
barge for transporting freight-care, (c) The 
system or process of conveying passengers and 
baggage in vehicles from one railway-station 
in a city to another railway-station or to a 
steamer": as, a transfer company. [U. S.] (d) 
A ticket issued to a passenger on a line of 
transportation, giving passage on a connect- 
ing line or branch. 5. In the United States 
Post-office Department, the loan of funds from 
one account to another by authority of the post- 
master-general. Glossary of Postal Terms. 
6. In naval tactics. See advance, 12 Land- 
transfer Act, Transfer of Land Act. see landi. 
transferability (trans-fer-a-bil'i-ti), n. [< 
transferable + -ity (see -biliti/).] The character 
or condition of being transferable. Also tran.f- 
ferrability, transferribility. 
Its easy and safe transferability, its use in paying foreign 
bills of exchange. Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, iv. 3. 
transferable (trans-fer'a-bl), a. [Also trans- 
f erratic; = F. transferable: as transfer + -able. 
Cf. transferrible.] Capable of being transferred, 
or conveyed from one place or person to an- 
other; specifically, capable of being legiti- 
mately passed into the possession of another, 
and legally conveying all appertaining rights, 
etc., to the new holder: as, that ticket or pass 
is not transferable. 
Paper bills of credit, . . . made transferable from hand 
to hand, like bank-notes. 
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, v. 2. 
transferal, transferral (trans-fer'al), n. [< 
transfer + -al.] Transfer; transference. 
The individual cannot transfer to the nation that which 
is involved in his vocation. Since it is the realization of 
personality, there can be no transferal of it, but the indi- 
vidual is to work in it, and to work it out. 
E. Mulford, The Nation, xiv. 
transfer-book (trans'fer-buk), H. A register of 
the transfer of property, stock, or shares from 
one party to another. 
