transfund 
over, + fundere, pour: aw found 3 . Ct. trnnx- 
/.. j To transfuse. 
Transfunilimj our thoughts and our passions Into each 
(.(lid. Barrvu', \Vork, I. viii. 
transfuse (traiis-fiix/), !'. I. ; pret. iiml pp. Initi.*-- 
1'nsi'il. ppr. Iriiiixl'iisinii. \ K. fn/.v/'.r. < I/. 
ti-inixI'iiHiiH, pp. of trinitl'ii Hi/in: pour mil ('nun 
one vessel into another: see ti-iinsfiiitil.] 1. 
To pour out (if one vessel into another; trans- 
I'er li\ pouring. 
All tin 1 uiiMiiiml Juices taken away. and si.im.l jnie. - 
immediately tnuix.futed. Arbuthnot. 
2. In mud., to transfer (blood) from tlie veins 
or arteries of one person to those of another, 
01 from an animal to a person; also, to inject 
into a blood-vessel (other liquids, such as milk 
or saline solul ions), with the view of replacing 
the bulk of fluid lost by hemorrhage or drained 
away in the, discharges of cholera, etc. 3. To 
cause to pass from one to another; cause to be 
instilled or imbibed. 
Into thec such virtue and grace 
Immense I h;ive transfused. Milton, P. L., vl. 704. 
And that great Life, traimfuted in theirs, 
Awaits thy faith. WhMier, Chapel of the Hermits. 
transfuser (trans-fu'zer), n. [< transfuse + 
-cr 1 .] One who or that which transfuses. The 
Nation, XLIX. 319. 
transfusible (trans-fii'zi-bl), a. [< transfuse 
+ -iftte.J Capable of being transfused. Jioylr, 
Works, II. 121. 
transfusion (trans-fu'zhon), H. [< F. tninxfii- 
SIIIH = Sp. transfusion = Pg. transfusSo = It. 
/1-iiiisfusione, < L. transfusio(ti-'), a pouring from 
one vessel into another, < trunsfundere, pp. 
transfusus, pour from one vessel into another: 
see transfuse.] 1. The act of transfusing, or of 
pouring, as a liquid, out of one vessel into an- 
other; hence, in general, transmission ; trans- 
ference. 
Poesy is of so subtile a spirit that in the pouring out 
of one language into another it will all evaporate ; and if 
a new spirit be not added in the transfusion, there will 
remain nothing but a "caput mortuum." SirJ. Denham. 
Their wild, imaginative poetry, scarcely capable of trans- 
fusion into a foreign tongue. Prescott, i'erd. and Isa., I. 8. 
2. In med., the transmission of blood from one 
living animal to another, or from a human be- 
injj; or one of the lower animals into a human 
being, with the view of restoring the vigor of 
exhausted subjects or of replacing the blood 
lost by hemorrhage; also, the intravenous in- 
jection of other liquids, such as milk or saline 
solutions, in order to restore the circulating 
fluid to its normal volume, as after severe 
hemorrhage . This operation is of old date, but seems 
to have ended generally in failure until about 1824, the 
chief cause of failure probably being the want of due pre- 
cautions to exclude the air during the process. 
Mem. that at the Epiphanie, 1649, when I was at his 
house, he then told me his notion of cureing diseases, A r , 
by transfusion of bloud out of one man into another, and 
that the hint came Into his head reflecting on Ovid's story 
of Medea and Jason. Aubrey, Lives (Francis Potter). 
Direct or Immediate transfusion, the transmission of 
blood directly from the veins of the donor into those of 
the recipient Indirect or mediate transfusion, the 
injection into the veins of the recipient of blood wnich 
has been first allowed to flow into a bowl or other vessel 
and there deflbrinated. Peritoneal transfusion, the 
injection of deflbrinated blood into the peritoneal cavity, 
with a view to Its absorption into the system, 
transfusionist (trans-fu'zhon-ist), n. [< trans- 
fusion + -ist.] One who is skilled in the sur- 
gical process of transfusion ; one who advocates 
that process. 
The early trantfwionists reasoned, in the style of the 
Christian Scientists, that the blood is the life. 
Pop. Set. Mo., XXXIV. 808. 
transfusive (trans-fu'siv), a. [< L. transfusiis, 
pp. of ii-inmfuiidere, transfuse, 4- -ive.] Tend- 
ing or having power to transfuse. 
transfusively (trans-fu'siv-li), adv. So as to 
transfuse ; in a transfusive manner. [Rare.] 
The Sunne ... his beanies transfusitiely shall run 
Through Mars his Sphere, or loves benigner Star. 
Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 278. 
transgangetic (traus-gan-jet'ik), a. [< trans- 
+ Gangetic.] On the opposite side of the 
Gauges ; pertaining or relating to regions be- 
yond the Ganges. 
transgress (trans-gres'), [< F. transgresser, 
a freq. form (due in part to the noun transgn-s- 
ximi) of OF. tranxi/rcdir = Sp. trnnsiiri'tlir. trus- 
i/rnlir = Pg. traiififin-ilir = It. trtnisgri'ilire. trux- 
i/n-ilire, < L. transgredi, pp. transgressus, step 
across, step over, transgress, < trims, over, + 
iirm/i, step, walk: see grade 1 . Ct.iii/iiriw.i-ini- 
gress, digress, progress, etc.] I. trans. 1. To 
pass over or beyond ; go beyond. 
6431 
'Tli time my hard-mouth'd coursers to control, 
Apt to run riot, and transgress the goal. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., XT. 040. 
The Furies, they said, arc attendants on justice, and if 
the sun in h.'iiv.-ii should transgress his path they would 
jnii.i-!i him. JSmerson, Compensation. 
llern-e 2. To overpass, as some law or rule 
prescribed; break or violate ; infringe. 
It is evident that Aristotle transgressed the rule of his 
own ethics. .Sir T. llrmcne, Keliglu Medici, L 66. 
Whilst men continue social units, they cannot trans- 
gress the life principle of society without disastrous con- 
sequences. //. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 488. 
3t. To offend against (a person); disobey; 
thwart; cross; ve\. 
I never 
Hlasphem'd 'em, uncle, nor traiu*rrrs*'d my parents. 
Fletcher, Bonduca, Iv. 2. 
= Syn. 2. Infringe upon, Encroach upon, etc. (see trespass, 
v. i\ pass, transcend, overstep, contravene. 
It. intrans. To offend oy violating a law; sin. 
The troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing ac- 
cursed. 1 Chron. II. 7. 
I would not marry her, though she were endowed with 
all Adam had left him before he transgressed. 
Shot., Much Ado, II. 1. 260. 
transgressible (trans-gres'i-bl), a. [< trans- 
grrsx + -ibte.] Liable to transgression, or ca- 
pable of being transgressed. Imp. Viet. 
transgression (trans-gresh'on), . [< F. trans- 
i/n H.iinii = Pr. transgressio = Sp. transgresion, 
trill/region = Pg. transgressSo = It. tranr.gres- 
.liiim , triixgressione, < L. transgressio(n-), a pass- 
ing over, transposition, also a transgression 
of the law, < transgredi, pp. transgressus, pass 
over : see transgress.] The act of transgress- 
ing; the violation of any law; disobedience; 
infringement; trespass; offense. 
Whosoever committeth sin trangresseth also the law : 
for sin is the transgression of the law. 1 John ill. 4. 
They that are in the flesh . . . live in sin, committing 
many actual transgressions. 
Book of Common Prayer, Baptism of those of Riper Years. 
= Syn. Sin, Trespass, etc. (aee crime), Infraction, breach. 
transgressional(tran8-gresh'pn-al),a. [< trans- 
gression + -al.] Pertaining to or involving 
transgression. [Rare.] 
Forgive this transgresriimal rapture ; receive my thanks 
for your kind letter. Bp. Burnet, Life, I. p. xllx. 
transgressive (trans-gres'iv), a. [< LL. trans- 
gressivus, that goes or passes over, < L. trans- 
gredi, pass over: see transgress.] Inclined or 
apt to transgress; faulty; sinful; culpable. 
Permitted unto his proper principles, Adam perhaps 
would have sinned without the suggestion of Satan, and 
from the transgressive infirmities of himself might have 
erred alone, as well as the angels before him. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 10. 
transgressively (trans-gres'iv-li), adv. 1. In 
a transgressive manner; by transgressing. 
2. In geol., unconformably. 
Let us suppose, for example, that a mountain range con- 
sists of upraised Lower Silurian rocks, upon the upturned 
and denuded edges of which the Carboniferous Lime- 
stone lies transgresrively. A. Geiltie, Encyc. Brit., X. 371. 
transgressor (trans-gres'or), N. [< ME. trans- 
gressotir, < OF. transgresseur = Pr. transgressor 
= Sp. transgresor, trasgresor = Pg. transgressor 
= It. trasgressorc, < L. transgressor, an infringer, 
transgressor, < transgredi, pp. transgressus. pass 
over: see transgress.] One who transgresses ; 
one who breaks a law or violates a command ; 
one who violates any known rule or principle 
of rectitude; a sinner; an offender. 
Good understanding giveth favour; but the way of trans- 
gressors Is hard [the way of the treacherous is rugged, 
R. V.]. Prov. xiii. 16. 
transhape (tran-shap'), . t. K tran(s)- + 
shape.] Same as tram-shape. [Rare.] 
transhape (trau-shap'), n. [< transhape, r.] A 
transformation. 
If this displease thee, Midas, then I'll shew thee, 
Ere I proceed with Cupid and his love, 
What kind of people I commerc'd withal 
In my transhape. 
Heywod, Love's Mistress, p. 16. (Ualliiretl.) 
tranship (tran-ship'), v. t.; pret. and pp. tran- 
xltii>i)ea,m>T. transhipping. [Also trans-ship; < 
traii(s)- 4- ship.] To convey from one ship, car, 
or other conveyance to another ; also, to trans- 
fer in this way and convey to some destination. 
Sunday, August 4th. This day . . . the loading was 
completed, and all the baggage and presents put on board 
the large junks, to be transhipped into smaller ones. 
Lord Macartney, Works, H. 180. 
The system of pipe transport from the wells to the rail- 
way station, whence they are to be transhipped either to 
the refinery or the sea-hoard. Ure, Diet, IV. 568. 
transhipment I tran-ship'ment), n. [Also trans- 
xlii)>iin>il : < tranship + -ment.] The act of tran- 
shipping. See tranship. 
transiliency 
When this lantern was attempted to be landed here for 
the purpow .it trm- i,>i.t. vi.lc-.j. 
.', 17 ll>. (JixlreU.1 
transhuman itriins-hu'man), a. [< trim*- + IIK- 
nun,.\ Mon thai! human: superhuman. [Rare.] 
Wiinl- may in. i till nf that transhuman change. 
'. tr. of DnnU-'i Purgatory, I. 68. 
transhumanize I trans -lin'man-i/.), r. I. [< 
human + -r.'.\ To elevate or transform 
to something beyond what is human; change 
from a human into a higher, purer, nobler, (.r 
celestial nature. [Rare.] 
Honls purified by sorrow and self-denial, tranihuman- 
ited to the divine abstraction of pure contcinpUtiim. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 2u ser., p. 43. 
transience (iran'shens), . [< Iransien(t) + 
-ri . ] TranwntaeMJ also, that which is tran- 
sient or fleeting. 
Man Is a being of high aspirations, " looking before and 
after," whose " thoughts wander through eternity," dis- 
claiming alliance with transience and decay ; existing but 
In the future and the past. Shelley, In Uowden, L 334. 
transiency (tran'shen-si), . [As transience 
(see -ry).\ Same as transienct. 
Poor sickly transiencies that we are, coveting we know 
not what. Carlyle, Reminiscences, I. 261. 
transient (tran'shent), a. and . [< L. tratt- 
sien(t-)s, ppr. of transire, go over, pass over, 
pass through, < trans, over, + ire, go: see iter 1 . 
Of. ambient and transrunt.] I. ". 1. Passing 
across, as from one thing or person to another; 
communicated. 
Thus Indeed it l> with healthiness of the l...ly : It hath 
no transient force on others, but the strength and healthi- 
ness of the mimic carries with it a gracious kinde of In- 
fection. Hales, Remains, Sermon on Rom. xlv. 1. 
Transient In a trice 
From what was left of faded woman-slough 
To sheathing splendors and the golden scale 
Of harness. Tennyson, Princess, v. 
2. Passing with time; of short duration; not 
permanent; not lasting or durable; temporary: 
as, a transient impression. 
How soon hath thy prediction, Seer blest, 
Measured this tranxirnt world, the race of time. 
Till time stand Bx'd ! Milton, P. L., ril. 664. 
A spirit pervaded all ranks, not transient,not boisterous, 
but deep, solemn, determined. 
/'. tt',i"t.r. Speech, Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 1826. 
3. Hasty; momentary; passing: as, a transient 
glance of a landscape. 
He that rides post through a country may, from the tran- 
sient view, tell now In general the parts lie. Locke. 
4. In music, intermediate that is, serving as 
a connective, but unessential in itself: as, a 
transient chord, modulation, or note. Compare 
passing-note Transient act See net. Transient 
action. See immanent action, under action. Transient 
cause. See cause, 1. Transient chord. See chord, 4. 
Transient effect, in painting, a representation of an 
appearance in nature produced by a cause that Is not per- 
manent, as the shadow cast by a passing cloud. Also 
expressed by accident. Transient matter. Same as 
matter of generation (which see, under matter). = Syn. 2. 
Transient, Transitory, Fleeting. Strictly, transient marks 
the fact that a thing soon passes or will soon pass away : 
as, a transient impression ; a transient shadow. Transitory 
indicates that lack of permanence is hi the nature of the 
thing : as, transitory pleasure ; this transitory life. Fleet- 
ing is by figure a stronger word than transient, though in 
the same line of meaning. See list under transitory. 
II. n. 1. One who or that which is tempo- 
rary, passing, or not permanent. 
For before it can fix to the observation of any one Its 
object Is gone : Whereas, were there any considerable 
thwart in the motion, it would he a kind of stop or ar- 
rest, by the benefit of which the soul might have a glance 
of the fugitive transient. 
Glanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, ix. (Kneyc. Diet.) 
Specifically 2. A transient guest. [Colloq.] 
Many surroundings (to coin a word to describe us sum- 
mer transient*) now flit along these streams. 
Scribner's May., VIII. 496. 
transiently (tran'shent-li), <ulr. In a transient 
manner; in passing; for a short time; not with 
continuance ; transitorily. 
I touch here but transiently ... on some few of those 
many rules of Imitating nature which Aristotle drew from 
Homer. Dryden. 
transientness (tran'shent-nes), n. The state 
or quality of being transient; shortness of con- 
tinuance; speedy passage. Winer, Grammar 
of New Testament, p. 281. 
transiliac ( trans-il'i-ak), a. [< trans- + iliac 1 .] 
Kxt ending transversely from one iliac bone to 
the other: as, the transiliac axis or diameter of 
the pelvic inlet. 
transilience ; t ran-sU'i-ens), . [< lransilien(t-') 
+ -ce.] Same as trrnisilirHcy. 
transiliency (tran-8il'i-n-8i), . [As transill- 
enre (see -cy).] A leap from one thing to an- 
other. Glanrillt; Vanity of Dogmatizing, xii. 
[Rare.] 
