transitionary 
transitionary (tnui-sish'on-ii-ri), <t. [< 
linn + -nri/.\ Same us transitional, lin/i. Dirt. 
transitive (tran'si-tiv). ii. iinil n. [< F. ti-iin- 
xitif = 1'r. tniiititiii = S)>. !'(,'. It. traiisitiro = 
D. tniiixitiff = <'>. Sw. Dun. trituxitir, < I.L. 
irtiHxitinix, transitive, passing over (applied l<> 
verbs)/ li.traiixirr, pas* nru" over: srr tr<itinil.\ 
1. . 1. Iliiviii"; I lie power iif passing, nr mak- 
ing trausitinn : passing over inln something. 
I'nM Is active and transitive Into bodies adjacent, as 
well as In. i Bacim, Vit. Mist., | 70. 
Acts nifty be ralli-d trunxitii-i- when the motion is com* 
inunlcated from the IHTHOII of the agent to t*oiiir fon-i^n 
body: that Is, to auch a foreign lnl> n which the effect* 
of It arc consiilereil ;is bri'ii: Bttftsnsl, us where a man 
run* a^:ii list \ini, MI tlirnu* u:itfi in your face. 
lii'iilftnin, Inti. "I i. ( M.n .il . :mil l.i ::i.sl:iti<iti, vii. I.:. 
2. Effected liy.iM'exislingasthi' result of.trans- 
ference or extension of signification ; deriva- 
ti\e: soeiindary; metaphorical. [Rare.] 
\ II In iiili by far the greater purt of the transitive or de- 
rivative applications of words depend on casual anil unac- 
countable caprices of the feelings or the fancy, there are 
certain cases In which they open a very Interesting field 
of philosophical speculation. l> Stewart. 
3. In gram., taking a direct object; followed 
by a substantive in an accusative relation: 
said of a verb, or of the action expressed by a 
verb. Transitive is opposed to intransitive ; but the dis- 
tinction, though practically valuable. Is only of minor Im- 
portance, since no tiansittve verli i- in English incapable 
of intransitive use, and also many intransltives can be used 
transitively, and verbs that are transitive in one language 
are the opposite in another, and so on. Abbreviated ' anil 
tram. 
4. Serving as a medium or means of transition. 
[Rare.] 
An Image that is understood to be an image can never 
be made an idol; or, If it can, it must be by having the 
worship of God passed through it to God ; It must be by 
being the analogical, the improper, the transitive, the rela- 
tive (or what shall I call It) object of Divine worship. 
-/ ' Taylor, Rule of Conscience, II. ii. 6. 
Transitive copula, a copula which signifies a transitive 
relation. Transitive function," function which admits 
a system of transitive substitutions. Transitive group, 
seegroupi. Transitive relation. See relation, 3. 
II. " A transitive verb. 
transitively (tran'si-tiv-li), adv. In a transi- 
tive manner. 
transitiveness (trin'si-tiv-nes), n. The state 
or character of being transitive. 
transitivity (tr&n-si-tiv'i-ti), . The character 
of being transitive, as a group. 
transitorily (tran'si-to-ri-lt), adv. In a transi- 
tory manner; for a little while. 
I make account to be in London, transitorily, about the 
end of August Donne, Letters, xliil. 
transitoriness (trau'si-to-ri-ues), n. The state 
of being transitory; short continuance; eva- 
nescence ; transientness. 
The worldly man is at home In respect of his affections . 
but he Is, and shall be, a meer sojourner in respect of his 
transitoriness. Bp. Hall, Remains, p. 202, (Latham.) 
We . . . are reminded of the transitoriness of life by 
the mortuary tablets under our feet 
Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser. , p. 173. 
transitorioust (tran-si-to'ri-us), . [< Ij. tran- 
jtitori<s,transitory: see transitory.] Transitory. 
Saynt Eanswyde, abbesse of Folkstane in Kent, Inspyred 
of the deuyll, dylfyned christen marryage to be barren of 
all vertues, to haue but tran*tttvryou*c frutes, and to be a 
fylthye corruptyon of virginltie. 
Up. Bale, Eng. Votaries, I. 
transitory (trau'si-to-ri), a. [< ME. transitorie, 
< OP. "transitorie, traiisitnire = P. transitoire = 
Pr. transitori = Sp. tranxitorio = It. tranxitorio, 
< L. transitorily, having a passageway, LL. 
passing, transitory, < transire, pass over : see 
transit.] 1. Passing without continuing; last- 
ing only a short time; unstable and fleeting; 
speedily vanishing. 
For the Ricchesse of this World, that is traiuitorie, is 
not worthe. Mandevitte, Travels, p. 294. 
Considering the chances of a transitory life, I would not 
answer for thee a moment 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vil. 10. 
2t. Occurring or done in passing: cursory. 
[Rare.] 
That adventure . . . gave him also a (raimfori/ view of 
that excellent Lady whom the supreme Moderator of all 
things had reserved for him. 
//. L'Etranye, Reign of K. Charles (ed. 1655), p. 3. 
Chose transitory. See cAow-'. Transitory action, 
in laic, an action which may be brought in any county, as 
actions for debt, detinue, or slander : distinguished from 
local action*, which must be brought in the place where 
the property to be affected is. or where the transaction in 
question occurred, etc. Transitory venue. See wn*i. 
Syn. 1. Fln'tin;!, etc. < f), temporary, evanes- 
cent, ephemeral, momentary, short-lived, 
transit-trade (tri'm'sit-trad), . In mm., tin- 
trade which arises from the passage of goods 
through one country or region to another. 
404 
6433 
transjordanic(traiis-ji'ir-dnn'ik).'/. [<L. 
MIT<S. + .Inriliiiiiix. .Inrihtii. ) Situ;ited 
nr lieynnil the .Ionian. | liiire. | 
Abalaa. The Egyptian name of a Iranujnrilanir town. 
Cooper, Archaic Diet., p. K. 
translatable (triuis-iii'ta-bl), a. r< tninxinte + 
-ulilr. ] I 'npahlfl of being translated, or rendered 
into another language; that may he expressed 
in nther words or terms. 
\\ hat Is really best in any book is translatable any real 
insight or broad human sentiment. Kincrton, books. 
translatableness (trans-la'ta-bl-nes), n. The 
i 'haracter of being translatable. Atheiieeum, 
March 4, 1882, p. 278. 
translate (trans-laf), v. ; pret. and pp. tr>m*- 
liiinl. ppr. translating. [< ME. tranalatrn, < OF. 
(obs.) translator = Pr. translator = Sp. trasla- 
ilar = It. translatare, < ML. trannlatare, transfer, 
translate, < L. translatus, pp. of transferre. bring 
over, carry over, transfer: see transfer. Cf. 
tralation.'] I. tranx. 1. To bear, carry, or re- 
move from one place to another; transfer; spe- 
cifically, in mrrh., to impart to (a particle or 
body) a motion in which all its parts move in 
the same direction. 
By turning, translating, and removing the (land] marks 
Into other places they may destroy their enemies navies, 
be they never so many, 
.sVr T. Mure. l't<ipla(tr. by Robinson), II. 1. 
The weeping Ninbe, translated hither 
From Phrygian mountains. 
/;. Jonrnn, Cynthia's Revels, I. 1. 
After dinner you may appear again, having translated 
yourself out of your English cloth cloak into a light Tur- 
key grogram. DeUcer, Gull's Hornbook, p. 97. 
Now let the two parts while superposed be trnntlalcd 
to any other position, then the piece B may be slid otf and 
back to Its original position. Kncye. Brit., XV. 660. 
2. To transfer from one office or charge to an- 
other. In eccles. law: (a) To remove from one see to an- 
other : said of a bishop. 
At home, at this time, died John Peers, Archbishop of 
York, In whose place succeeded Matthew Hatton, trans- 
lated from the See of Durham. Baker, Chronicles, p. SSI. 
(i) In Scottish Presbyterian churches, to transfer from 
one pastoral charge to another: said of a clergyman. 
3. To remove or convey to heaven without 
death. 
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see 
death. Heb. xi. 5. 
4t. To put into an ecstasy; ravish; put out of 
or beside one's self. 
He [St. Paul] was translated out of himself to behold 
it [Heaven] ; but being returned Into himself could not 
express it. Sfr T. Browne, Religio Medici, I. 49. 
5t. To cause to remove from one part of the 
body to another: as, to translate a disease. 
6. To change into another form ; transform. 
Unnethe the peple hlr knew for hir falrnesse, 
Whan she translated was in swlch rlchesse. 
Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 329. 
Re-enter Puck, and Bottom with an ass's head. . . . 
Quince. Hless thee, Bottom : bless thee I thon art tram- 
lated. ShaJc., M. N. D., III. 1. 122. 
PoeU that can men Into stars translate, 
And hui lr men downe under the feete of Fate. 
Brome, Sparagus Garden, III. 5. 
7. To render into another language; express 
the sense of (something expressed in the words 
of one language) in the words of another lan- 
guage; interpret. 
And see schulle undirstonde. that I have put this boke 
out of Latyn Into Frensche, and translated It jigen out of 
Frensche into F.nglyssche, that every man of my nacionn 
may nndtrstonde it. Mandccille, Travels, p. xi. 
Neither of the rivals {Pope and Tickell] can be said to 
have translated the "Iliad," unless, indeed, the word trans- 
lation be used in the sense which it bears in the "Mid- 
summer Might's Dream." Macaulay, Addlson. 
8. To explain by using other words ; express in 
other terms; hence, figuratively, to present in 
another form. 
Translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing lan- 
guage what he fonnd in books well known to the world, 
but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls. 
Macaulay, Oliver Goldsmith. 
There Is a magnificent series of stalls, which are simply 
the Intricate embroidery of the tombs translated into pol- 
ished oak. If. Jaines. Jr., Little Tour, p. 247. 
9. To make clear or evident to the mind or 
to the senses without speech ; convey to the 
mind or the senses, as by experience. 10. To 
manufacture from old material ; especially, in 
cheap shoemaking, to make (shoes or boots) by 
using parts of old ones. [Slang.] 
Among these things are blanket*, . . . translated boot*, 
mended trowsers. 
Maiihetf, London Labour and London Poor, II. llo. 
11. In if leg., to retransmit (a message). See 
Iritiixliitiiiii. 7. = Syn. 7 and 8. Render, Interpret, Trans- 
late, Cotatrve. Render Is the most general in its mean- 
ing, but is usually followed by n<o.- as, to render Gray's 
translation 
"Elegy" into Latin verse: to render a learned discourse 
into vernacular. Interpret, Ilk- * not neces- 
sarily mean to change to Himtln-r IUIIL-UIIKI', but it does 
mean, as render need not, to change t" Intelligible form. 
generally by following tin- text closely : is, to interpret 
an loterlpdoo; t interpret an address by a foreigner. 
Translate It literally to turn from one language to ano- 
ther, which Is presumably one's own, unless anoil 
inent ioned, but the word has, figuratively, the meaning 
of interpret. To construe Is to translate or to interpret. 
generally by following along word by word or clause by 
clause ; hence the word Is very often used of the work of 
a beginner: as, the painful construing of a sentence of 
Csar's "ronmifiitaric*." In It* figurative nte K retains 
much of this meaning : as, I cannot amstnu hi* language 
In any other wajr. See explain. 
II. intriiHU. 1. To be engaged in translating. 
or practise translation. 
All these my modest merit bade translate, 
And own d that nine such poeU made a Tat*. 
Pope, ProL to Satire*, I. 189. 
2. In telfg.,to retransmit a message automati- 
cally over another line, or over a eontinuatioi. 
of tile Millie line. 
translating-screw (trans-la'ting-skro), . A 
screw used to move any part of a machine or 
apparatus relatively to another part or parts, 
either as a part of some general action of the 
machine or for purposes of adjustment ; specifi- 
cally, in breech-loading ordnance, a screw for 
moving in or out the wedge in the fermeture. 
translation (trans-la'shon), n. [< ME. tran*- 
liilinii, tranxlarion, < OF. (and P.) translation = 
Pr. translatio = Hp. tranxlacion, traslacion = 
Pg. tranxlacSo = It. tranxlazione, traslazione, < 
L. translatio(n-), transference, transplanting. 
version, transferring, translation, < trannlatttn, 
pp. of trangferre, transfer, translate : see tranx- 
late, transfer.'] 1 . The act of translating, (a) The 
removing or conveying of a thing from one place to an- 
other ; transportation ; removal. 
Made and done was the translation [to Paris] . . . 
Off bed and of the glorious body [of St. Louis). 
Rom. of Partenay (K. E. T. S.X L 6206. 
The solemn translation of St. Elphege's body from Lon- 
don to Canterbury Is taken especial notice of In the Saxon 
Chronicle under the year 102H. 
Knelt, Church of our Fathers, III. L 352, note. 
(b) The removal of a person from one office to another, or 
from one sphere of duty to another; specifically, the re- 
moval of a bishop from one see to another ; in Scotland, 
the removal of a clergyman from one pastoral charge to 
another. 
Does It follow that a law for keeping Judges indepen- 
dent of the crown by preventing their translation is ab- 
solutely superfluous? Brougham. 
We can quite understand . . . Richard I. meditating 
the traii'lntiini of the Archbishop of Monreale to Canter- 
bury. Stubbs, Medieval and Modem Hist, p. 134. 
(c) The removal of a person to heaven without death. 
Time, experience, self-reflections, and God's mercies 
make In some well-tempered minds a kind of translation 
before death. Sir T. Bmrne, Christ. Mor., ii. . 
(d) The act of turning Into another language ; Interpre- 
tation. 
The chief est of his (King Athelstan's] Works for the Ser- 
vice of God and Good of his Subjects was the Translalinn 
of the Bible Into the Saxon Tongue. 
Baiter, Chronicles, p. in. 
At best, the translation of poetry is but an Imitation of 
natural flowers in cambric or wax. 
LouvB, Study Windows, p. Sit. 
2. That which is produced by turning into an- 
o^her language; a version; the reproduction 
of a literary composition in a language foreign 
to that of the original. 
The English Translation of the Bible Is the best Traiit 
lotion In the World. Selden, Table Talk, p. 20. 
St. In rln t.. transference of the meaning of a 
word or phrase ; metaphor. 
. Metaphors, far-fet, hinder to be understood ; and, af- 
fected, lose their grace ; or when the person fetcheth his 
translations from a wrong place. B. Jonton. 
4. In ninl., a change in the seat of a disease ; 
metastasis. 
His disease was an asthma ; the cause a metastasis or 
traiulatinn of humours from his Joints to his lungs. 
Haney. 
5. The process of manufacturing from old ma- 
terial. [Slang.] 
Translation, as I understand it (said my tnfortnantX is 
this to take a worn old pair of shoes or boota, and by 
repairing them make them appear as if left off with hard- 
ly any wear, as if they were only soiled. 
Hayhetc, London Labour and London Poor, II. 411. 
6. In meeh., motion in which there is no rota- 
tion ; rotation round an infinitely distant axis. 
A change of place In which there is no rotation is called 
a translation. In a rotation the different parts of the body 
are moving in different ways, but In a translation all parts 
move In the same way. W. K. Cli/ord, Lectures, II. 12. 
7. In teleg., the automatic retransmission of a 
message received on one line over another, or 
overa continuation of the same line. This is used 
on long lines to increase speed of working, and also at re- 
ceiving-stations, and the translation is made from the line- 
uit to a local circuit containing a local battery and the 
circuit to 
