transposition 
Iriix/Mixiritui = I'g. lnn<i>i>sini<> m It. tmspaxi- 
:i<ii', < \i\i. trinisi>osilio(u-), < L. trtiiix/iiiin-i-i', 
pi), trinis/Hixitiis, transpose: see Irmix/ioxr.] 1. 
Tllr net of transposing; :i pulling of eaell of 
two things in tin- plai'i' before oi-.-npied by tin- 
other; loss frequently, a change in the order 
of more tlnin two things ; also, thr state ni In-, 
ing transposed, or reciprocally changed in place. 
2. In ill;/., tin' bringing over of ;uiy term or 
ti-rnis of MII ei|ii;ition from one side to the other 
td0 This is iiim- liy fliiiiiKiiix thi- wign of every term HI 
trans|ii>M-il. !lii- iipi-ration bi-inj! in. llnl I In- adding of the 
It-nil \vith il* M'-N 1 1 V. -i -M <1 to liuth hiilt-B of the ci|[latlon. 
If a i z = It | c, tJli-n li> tnitis|isitiiin \ic yet ./; ft > n 
or z b = c -a, or 2; I a c = ', 
3. In r//r/. iiml i/riim., ii change of tlie usual 
onler of wonls in a sentonee; words changed 
from their ordinary arrangement for the sake 
of effect. 
We liave di-privi-il ourselves of ttmt Itberty of trail*- 
/.</(/.,,/ iii Hi,' :u raiigement of words which the ancient 
languages enjoyed. U. Blair, Rhetoric, vtil. 
4. In m unit; the act, process, or result of alter- 
ing the tonality of a piece or passage from a 
given tonality, either in performance or in 
transcription. Transposition in Itself Involves only a 
change of key-note and a uniform shift of pitch upwunl en- 
downward ; but such a change may also involve more or 
less serious collateral changes. In purely vocal music 
slight transpositions are practically immaterial, anil i-on- 
siderahle ones are only noticeable because they change 
the ease or the method in which given tones are produced. 
Transposition in Instrumental music, however, usually 
involves somewhat radical changes in the mechanism of 
performance, as in fingering, stopping, etc.: and these 
changes often Involve also extensive changes In the ordi- 
nary statf-notation. Musically such mechanical or graphic 
changes are merely nominal and fictitious, though they 
often appear to have considerable importance. 
6. In med., same as metathesis, 2 Transposition 
Of the viscera, a condition in which the organs within 
the abdomen and thorax are situated on the side opposite 
to that which they normally occupy, the liver being on 
the left side, the spleen on the right, etc. 
transpositional (trans-po-zish'on-al), a. [< 
transposition + -al.] Of or pertaining to trans- 
position ; also, of the nature of transposition ; 
transpositive. 
The most striking and most offensive error in pronnncla- 
i i' in among the Londoners, I confess, lies in the trarutpo- 
nitiviial use of the letters w and c, ever to be heard when 
there is any possibility of Inverting them. Thus they al- 
ways say "weal" for "veal," "vlcked " for "wicked. 
Peggt, Anecdotes of the Eng. Lang. 
transpositive (trans-poz'i-tiv), a. [= P. traim- 
poxitif; as transpose + -it-ive,] Of the nature 
of transposition; made by transposing; con- 
sisting in transposition. 
The French language Is ... the most determinate in the 
order of its words. . . . The Italian retains the most of the 
ancient traiapositioe character. //. Blair, Rhetoric, vii. 
transpositively (trans-poz'i-tiv-li), adr. By 
transposition; in a transpositional manner. 
Stormon tli . 
transpositor (trans-poz'i-tor), u. [< L. as if 
"transpositor, < traiixpoiiere, transpose: see 
transpose.] One who transposes; atransposer. 
Landor. (Imp. Diet.) 
transprint (trans-print'), r. t. [< trans- + 
print.] To print in the wrong place ; transfer 
to the wrong place in printing. Imp. Diet. 
[Rare.] 
transprocess (trans-pros'es), . [< trans- + 
process.] A transverse process of a vertebra ; 
a diapophysis. Cones. [Recent.] 
transprojection (trans-pro-jek'shon), n. In 
liei-s/i., a perspective projection hi which the 
point of sight lies between the natural object 
and the projection. 
transproset (trans-proV), r. [< trans- + prone.'] 
To change from verse into prose. The Bucking- 
ham quotation(of date 1671)follows and arises outof that 
given under transverxf, v. t., -2 ; and Marvell's title is evl- 
di ntly a fanciful adaptation of the passage in "The Re- 
hearsal." The Dryden quotation is an allusion to Elkanah 
Settle's giving to his poem upon Dryden's " Absalom and 
Achitophel" (part i.) the title of "Achltophcl Traiapnued." 
The uses of the word are humorous throughout; and, in- 
deed, Marvell's work Is prose named from prose, while 
Settle's is verse named from verse. 
J'tliiix. Mi>Miinks, Mr. Baycs, that putting Verse into 
Prose should be call'd Tran*protsing. 
Baye*. By my troth, a very good Notion, and hereafter 
it shall be so. Bvelringaatn, The Rehearsal, i. 1. 
Thf Uriii'ii ':il transprtwed, or Animadversions upon a 
lute w. nk intituled "A Preface shewing what grounds there 
:nv <>!' I'Vnrs urn! .U-iilousk'S of Popery," by l>r. S:nn. I'arkrr, 
Bishop of Oxford, 1872. Mamll (title of work). 
Instinct he follows, and no farther knows, 
For to write verse with him is to transprone. 
On/den, Abs. and Achit., II. 444. 
transregionatet (trans-re'jon-at), a. [< trann- 
+ region + -ate 1 .] Pertaining to a region be- 
yond another; foreign. Uitrrixmi (Holinshed's 
Chron., I.). 
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transrotatory (trans-m'ta-to-ri), a. [< t 
+ rotatory.] Passing through a set of objects 
in regular onli-r from lir-t to last. anil then 
from tin- last to the first with a reversal of the 
sign or position, mid then through the whole 
set each being so reversed, until timilly from 
the last reversed passage is made to the first 
direct. 
transsection (trans 'sek'shon), n. Same as 
r;v>.s'.v-,sYr/w/i. 
transsepulchral (trans-se-pul'kral), n. [< L. 
fi-itiix, beyond, + xrpulrriHH, sepulcher, + -al.] 
Being beyond the tomb; postmortem; post- 
liumous. [Recent.] 
transshape (traus-shap'), v. t. [Also transhanr; 
< InniK- + shape.] To change into another 
shape or form ; transform. 
Thus did the . . . trant-ihape thy particular virtues. 
t,MMb Ado, v. 1. 172. 
Suppose him 
Tratut-thap'd into an angt-1. 
Beau, and Fl., I.IIHH of Candy, IT. 1. 
transshift (trans-shift'), r. t. To interchange 
or transpose. [Rare.] 
I sing of times tramthtfling ; and I write 
Bow roses flrat come red, and lilies white. 
llrrrick, llesperldes. Arg., L 9. 
transship (trims-ship'), r. t. Same as tranx/ii/i. 
transshipment (trans-ship'ment), . Same as 
transhipment. 
transtemporal (trans-tem'po-ral), a. [< L. 
trails, across, + temuora, temple-: see tei]>o- 
rul-.] Traversing the temporal lobe of the 
brain: noting an inconstant fissure. /'. ft. 
Wilder. [Recent.] 
transtimet (trans-tim'), v. t. To change the 
time of. [Rare.] 
To transplant- or traiutimr a stated Institution of Christ 
without his direction, I think is to destroy It. 
y. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 16. 
transubstantiate (tran-sub-stan'shi-at), r. /. : 
pret. and pp. transubstantiated, ppr. transub- 
stantiating. [< ML. tranjfubstantiatus, traitii- 
substantiatus, pp. of transubstantiare, transsub- 
stantiare (> It. transustanziare, trasustamiare = 
Sp. transustanciar = Pg. transsubstanciar = Pr. 
transsustanciar = P. trangsubstantier), change 
into another substance, < L. trans, over, + sub- 
stantia, substance: see substance.] 1. To change 
from one substance to another. 
O self-traitor. I do bring 
The spider love which traiuntbgtantiatt* alt, 
And can convert manna to gall. Dtmiie. 
Now the Stomach . . . hath a chymlcal kind of Virtue 
. . . to transubstantiate Fish and Fruits into Flesh within 
and about us. Hairrll, Letters, I. I. 31. 
Memory and Imagination (in Dante] transubttaiitiattd 
the woman of flesh and blood into a holy Ideal. 
I. <nr< n, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 26. 
2. Specifically, in tlm>l.. to change from bread 
and wine into the body and blood of Christ : 
said of the elements in the eucharist. See 
transvase 
ntltdantiatum the sacrament Itst-lf be tint |>sgeaed with 
Christ, or no? // I "lily, v. 67. 
The diangt- of the whole nubstani i- "f tin- bread Into 
the |XM|>, uf tli>' whnh- -ulixUnrr of tin v, inr intu tin- bl<Hxl 
1 1 if I '!u i -I I < inly the appearances of bread anil * in- i- ni.iin- 
IIIK; whli-ll l-huiifi- tin inthi.hr i Inn. h n,...t lit ly calls 
Expounding " This is my body," that Is to say, this Is 
converted and turned into my body, and this bread is tran- 
substantiated into my body. 
Tyndale, Am. to Sir T. More, etc. (ed. Parker Soc.X p. 244. 
There can be little doubt that Queen Elizabeth was a 
believer In a real, but not in a trangttbuiaittiated presence. 
Klluii Lettert, p. 260, note. 
transubstantiation (tran - sub - stan - shi -a'- 
shon), n. [< P. traiitanibstantuitioii = Sp. tran- 
sustaneiacion, trasustandacion = Pg. transsub- 
stanciafffo = It. transustamiazione, < ML. tran- 
sitbstantiatio(n-), transsubxtantiatio(n-) (used for 
the first time by Peter Dilmian, d. 1072; ac- 
cording to Trench, by Hildebert, d. about 1134), 
< transubstantiare, transsitbstantiare, change 
into another substance: see transubstantiate.] 
A change of one substance into another; spe- 
cifically, in theol., the conversion, in the conse- 
cration of the elements of the eucharist, of the 
whole substance of the bread into the body, 
and of the whole substance of the wine into the 
blood, of Christ, only the appearances of the 
bread and wine remaining. This is the doctrine of 
the Roman Catholic Church. The Greek Church calls the 
change ficroviri'bKTic (' transubstantiation ' or 'transessen- 
tiation'); but it is a disputed question whether It holds 
the same doctrine. Transubstantiatlon is one of several 
forms in which the doctrine of the real presence Is held. 
See doctrine of the real pretence (under )m*enre\ and fou- 
futtttantiatioii. 
These words, "This is my body," . . . must needs be 
plain, single, and pure, without . . . any subtle Iraiwub- 
gtantiation. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (ed. Parker Soc.), p. 262. 
Why do we vainly trouble ourselves with so tierce con- 
tentions whether by consutatantiation. or else by tran- 
(,'aiiuiu and Decree* nf thr r., /;,,/ ../ "/Vrn((tran.), <|ii..t<-<l 
|ln Kom. Cath. Uict., p. .11. 
transubstantiationalist (tran-Miii-stan shi-a'- 
sbon-al-ist), . [< Iruiixiihstiiiiliiition + -<i/-it.\ 
Same as transiibstdiitiatiir. [Kare.] 
Making It I" An't please the pyx "] equivalent to "Deo 
mil-nil-" In the mlniU of traniulittantiatianaluU. 
\. mid V., Cth ser., IX. 149. 
transubstantiator (trn-sul>-itan'slii-u-tor), . 
[< ti-ini*<il>xt, in/mil + -or 1 .] One who accepts 
or maintains the doctrine of tr.in-ulistantia- 
tion. [Han'. ) 
transudate (tran-su'dut), n. Same M tran*u- 
llllltllll, 'J (ft). 
transudation (tran-su-da'shon), M. [< transude 
+ -ation.] The act or process of transuding; 
the process of oozing through the pores of a 
substance. Speclflcallr, In toed.: (a) The passage of 
fluid through the pores of any membrane or wall of a cav- 
ity; endoHinosis or exo0mols. (b) The liquid thus tran- 
suded, especially Into a cavity. Also traiuudate. 
transudatory (tran-su'da-to-ri), a. [< Iran**"/- 
+ -at-or-y.] Passing by transudation. 
transude (trau-sud'), e. i. ; pret. and pp. Iran- 
guded, ppr. transuding. [< F. traniwuaer = Pr. 
trasu;ar, trassuar = Sp. trimuilur = Pg. trn.- 
sudar = It. traxudarc, < ML. 'transsudare, sweat 
through, < L. trans, through, + sudare, sweat : 
see sudation.] To pass or ooze through the 
pores or interstices of a membrane or other 
permeable substance, as a fluid (transpire being 
commonly said of gases or vapors). 
The nutritions fluid . . . traiumdei through the walls 
of the alimentary cavity, and passes Into the blood con- 
tained In the blood-vessels which surround It 
Huxley, Biology, xl. 
transtimet (trail-sum' ), r. t. ; pret. and pp. tran- 
sunu-d, ppr. transuminy. [< LL. transumere, 
transsumere, take over, adopt, assume, < L. 
trans, over, -f sumere, take: see sumpt. Cf. as- 
sume, consume, desumt:] 1. To take from one 
to another; convert. [Rare.] 
That we mav live, revive his death, 
With a well-blessed bread and wine 
Trangum'd, and taught to tun) divine. 
Crafhaw, Hymn for the Blessed Sacrament. 
2. To copy or transcribe. Hall/well. 
transumpt 1 (tran-sumpt'), n. [<OP. traiisumpl, 
< ML. transuiHiituni, a copy, neut. of LL. tran- 
sumptus, pp. of transumere, take over, assume, 
ML. transcribe: see transume.] A copy of a 
writing or exemplification of a record. [Obso- 
lete or archaic.] 
The pretended original breve was produced, and a Iran- 
gitmpt or copy thereof offered them. 
Lord Herbert, Hist Hen. VIII., p. 225. 
The tranmwpt of a Papal Breve, three years old, was 
exhibited by Stokesley. 
R. W. Dixon, Hist Church of Eng., III. 
Action of transumpt, in flcott law, an action compe- 
tent to any one having a partial Interest in a writing, or 
immediate use for it, to support his titles or defenses in 
other actions, directed against the custodier of the writ- 
Ing, calling upon him to exhibit it. In order that a copy or 
transumpt of it may be made and delivered to the pursuer. 
Imp. Diet. 
transumption (ti-An-sump'shon), w. [< L. tran- 
sumptio(n-), a taking of one thing from another 
(see transumpt), < (LL.) transumere, take over: 
see transvme.] The act of taking from one 
place to another. Imp. Dirt. 
transumptive (tran-sump'tiv), a. [< L. tran- 
sumplinis, metaphorical, < (LL.) transumere, 
take over: see transume.] Taken from one 
to another; transferred from one to another; 
metaphorical. 
Hereupon are Intricate turnings, by a trannnnptioe and 
metonymlcal kind of speech, called meanders. 
Drayton, Rosamond to King Henry, Annotation -'. 
The form or mode of treatment Is poetic, . . . digres- 
sive, tranmmptiee. 
Lmrell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 44. 
transvasate (trans-va'sat), t>. t. [< ML. trans- 
rnsatug, pp. of transrasare, pour from one ves- 
sel into another: see transpose.] Same as 
Irini.irase. 
The Father and Son are not, u they suppose. Irantra- 
tated and poured out, one into another, as Into an empty 
vessel. Cudteorth, Intellectual System, p. 819. 
transvasatiom (trans-vii-su'shon), . [< ML. 
'Iraiisnisatioii, < transrasari; transvase: see 
tranxrtixe. transrasate.] The act or process of 
traiiKvnsing. llnlland. (Imp. Diet.) 
transvase (trans-vis'), r. /. ; pret. and pp. 
ti-HiiHi-iixiil, ppr. traiiKrasing. [< F. transvaser = 
