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Translucent (?), a. [L. translucens, -entis, p. pr. of translucere to shine through; trans across, through = lucere to shine. See .] 1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.
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2. Transparent; clear. [Poetic] “Fountain or fresh current . . . translucent, pure.” Milton.
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Replenished from the cool, translucent springs. Pope.
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Syn. -- , . A thing is translucent when it merely admits the passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish the color and outline of objects through it; it is transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are transparent; ground glass is translucent; a translucent style.
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Translucently, adv. In a translucent manner.
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Translucid (?), a. [L. translucidus; trans across, through + lucidus lucid: cf. F. translucide. See .] Translucent. [R.] Bacon.
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Translunary (?), a. [Pref. trans- + L. luna moon.] Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary. [Obs.]
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Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs,
Had in him those brave, translunary things
That the first poets had. Drayton.
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Transmarine (?), a. [L. transmarinus; trans beyond + marinus marine: cf. F. transmarin. See .] Lying or being beyond the sea. Howell.
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{ Transmeable (?), Transmeatable (?), } a. [L. transmeabilis.] Capable of being passed over or traversed; passable. [Obs.]
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Transmeate (?), v. t. [L. transmeatus, p. p. of transmeare to pass across; trans across, over + meare to go.] To pass over or beyond. [Obs.]
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Transmeation (?), n. The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond. [Obs.]
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Transmew (?), v. t. & i. [F. transmuer, L. transmutare. See .] To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser.
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To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester. Sir W. Scott.
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Transmigrant (?), a. [L. transmigrans, p. pr. See .] Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another. -- n. One who transmigrates.
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Transmigrate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transmigrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Transmigrating.] [L. transmigrare, transmigratum; trans across + migrare to migrate. See .] 1. To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.
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2. To pass from one body or condition into another.
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Their may transmigrate into each other. Howell.
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Transmigration (?), n. [F. transmigration, L. transmigratio.] 1. The act of passing from one country to another; migration.
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2. The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.
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Transmigrator (?), n. One who transmigrates. J. Ellis.
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Transmigratory (?), a. Passing from one body or state to another.
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Transmissibility (?), n. [Cf. F. transmissibilité.] The quality of being transmissible.
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Transmissible (?), a. [Cf. F. transmissible.] Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.
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Transmission (?), n. [L. transmissio; cf. F. transmission. See .] 1. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.
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2. (Law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
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3. (Mech.) The mechanism within a vehicle which transmits rotational power from the engine to the axle of the wheel propelling the vehicle; it includes the gears and gear-changing mechanism as well as the propeller shaft.
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4. The process or event of sending signals by means of a radio-frequency wave from an electronic transmitter to a receiving device.
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Transmission dynamometer. (Mach.) A dynamometer in which power is measured, without being absorbed or used up, during transmission.
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Transmissionist, n. An adherent of a theory, the Coloq. transmission theory , that the brain serves to “transmit,” rather than to originate, conclusions, and hence that consciousness may exist independently of the brain.
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Transmissive (?), a. Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from one to another.
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Itself a sun, it with transmissive light
Enlivens worlds denied to human sight. Prior.
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Transmit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmitting.] [L. transmittere, transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See .] 1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another.
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The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the gospel. Milton.
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The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. Prescott.
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2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.
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Transmittal (?), n. Transmission. Swift.
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Transmittance (?), n. Transmission.
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Transmitter (?), n. One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- opposed to receiver.
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Transmittible (?), a. Capable of being transmitted; transmissible.
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Transmogrification (?), n. The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being transmogrified; transformation. [Colloq.]
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Clive, who wrote me about the transmogrification of our schoolfellow, an attorney's son. Thackeray.
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Transmogrify (?), v. t. [A humorous coinage.] To change into a different shape; to transform. [Colloq.] Fielding.
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Transmove (?), v. t. [Pref. trans + move.] To move or change from one state into another; to transform. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Transmutability (?), n. [Cf. F. transmutabilité.] The quality of being transmutable.
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Transmutable (?), a. [Cf. F. transmutable. See .] Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable.
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The fluids and solids of an animal body are easily transmutable into one another. Arbuthnot.
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-- Transmutableness, n. -- Transmutably, adv.
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Transmutation (?), n. [F. transmutation, L. transmutatio. See .] 1. The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.
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2. (Geom.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square. [R.]
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3. (Biol.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism. Bacon.
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Coloq. Transmutation of metals (Alchem.), the conversion of base metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by the alchemists. See , and Philosopher's stone, under .
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Transmutationist, n. One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.
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Transmute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmuting.] [L. transmutare, transmutatum; trans across + mutare to change. See , and cf. .] To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.
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The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. Buckminster.
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Transmuting sorrow into golden joy
Free from alloy. H. Smith.
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Transmuter (?), n. One who transmutes.
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Transmutual (?; 135), a. [Pref. trans + mutual.] Reciprocal; commutual. [R.] Coleridge.
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Transnatation (?), n. [L. transnatare to swim over; trans across, over + natare to swim.] The act of swimming across, as a river.
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Transnature (?; 135), v. t. [Pref. trans- + nature.] To transfer or transform the nature of. [Obs.]
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We are transelemented, or transnatured. Jewel.
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Transom (?), n. [Probably fr. L. transtrum a crossbeam, transom, from trans across. Cf. .] 1. (Arch.) A horizontal crossbar in a window, over a door, or between a door and a window above it. Transom is the horizontal, as mullion is the vertical, bar across an opening. See Illust. of .
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2. (Naut.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.
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3. (Gun.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.
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4. (Surg.) The vane of a cross-staff. Chambers.
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5. (Railroad) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.
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Coloq. Transom knees (Shipbuilding), knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers. -- Coloq. Transom window . (Arch.) (a) A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms. (b) A window over a door, with a transom between.
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Transpadane (?), a. [L. transpadanus; trans across + Padus the Po.] Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane.
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Transpalatine (?), a. [Pref. trans- + palatine.] (Anat.) Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.
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Transpare (?), v. t. & i. [See .] To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be seen, through something. [Obs.] Stirling.
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Transparence (?), n. [Cf. F. transparence.] The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.
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Transparency (?), n.; pl. Transparencies (#). [Cf. F. transparence.] 1. The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.
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2. That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it. Fairholt.
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Transparent (?), a. [F., from LL. transparens, -entis, p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to appear. See .] 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque. “Transparent elemental air.” Milton.
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2. Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil. Dryden.
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Syn. -- Translucent; pellucid; clear; bright; limpid; lucid; diaphanous. See .
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-- Transparently, adv. -- Transparentness, n.
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Transpass (?), v. t. [Pref. trans- + pass: cf. LL. transpassare. Cf. .] To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river. [Obs.] J. Gregory.
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Transpass, v. i. To pass by; to pass away. [Obs.]
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Transpassable (?), a. Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over. [Obs.]
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Transpatronize (?), v. t. [Trans- + patronize.] To transfer the patronage of. [Obs.] Warner.
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Transpeciate (?), v. t. [Pref. trans- + L. species form.] To change from one species to another; to transform. [Obs.]
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Power to transpeciate a man into a horse. Sir T. Browne.
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Transpicuous (?), a. [L. transpicere to see or look through + specere, spicere, to see. Cf. .] Transparent; pervious to the sight. [R.] “The wide, transpicuous air.” Milton.
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Transpierce (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transpierced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Transpiercing (?).] [Pref. trans- + pierce: cf. F. transpercer.] To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.
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The sides transpierced return a rattling sound. Dryden.
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Transpirable (?), a. [Cf. F. transpirable.] Capable of being transpired, or of transpiring.
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Transpiration (?), n. [F. transpiration.] 1. (Physiol.) The act or process of transpiring or excreting in the form of vapor; exhalation, as through the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration. Cudworth.
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2. (bot.) The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.
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3. (Physics) The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous substances, or the like; as, transpiration through membranes.
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Transpiratory (?), a. Of or relating to transpiration.
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Transpire (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transpired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Transpiring.] [F. transpirer; L. trans across, through + spirare to breathe. See .] 1. (Physiol.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.
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2. (Bot.) To evaporate from living cells.
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3. To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
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The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travelers. De Quincey.
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4. To happen or come to pass; to occur.
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☞ This sense of the word, which is of comparatively recent introduction, is common in the United States, especially in the language of conversation and of newspaper writers, and is used to some extent in England. Its use, however, is censured by critics of both countries.
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Transpire, v. t. 1. (Physiol.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
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2. (Bot.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
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Transplace (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transplaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Transplacing (?).] [Pref. trans- + place.] To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place. [R.]
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It [an obelisk] was transplaced . . . from the left side of the Vatican into a more eminent place. Bp. Wilkins.
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Transplant (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transplanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transplanting.] [F. transplanter, L. transplantare; trans across, over + plantare to plant. See .] 1. To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. Dryden.
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2. To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants.
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Being transplanted out of his cold, barren diocese of St. David into a warmer climate. Clarendon.
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Transplantation (?), n. [Cf. F. transplantation.] 1. The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.
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The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. Broome.
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2. (Surg.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty.
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Transplanter (?), n. One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.
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Transplendency (?), n. Quality or state of being transplendent. [R.] Dr. H. More.
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Transplendent (?), a. [Trans- + splendent.] Resplendent in the highest degree. [R.] -- Transplendently, adv. [R.]
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Transport (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transported; p. pr. & vb. n. Transporting.] [F. transporter, L. transportare; trans across + portare to carry. See bearing, demeanor.] 1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops. Hakluyt.
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2. To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.
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3. To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul.
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[They] laugh as if transported with some fit
Of passion. Milton.
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We shall then be transported with a nobler . . . wonder. South.
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Transport (?), n. [F. See , v.] 1. Transportation; carriage; conveyance.
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The Romans . . . stipulated with the Carthaginians to furnish them with ships for transport and war. Arbuthnot.
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2. A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also transport ship, transport vessel.
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3. Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.
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With transport views the airy rule his own,
And swells on an imaginary throne. Pope.
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Say not, in transports of despair,
That all your hopes are fled. Doddridge.
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4. A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.
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Transportability (?), n. The quality or state of being transportable.
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Transportable (?), a. [Cf. F. transportable.] 1. Capable of being transported.
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2. Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of transportation; as, a transportable offense.
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Transportal (?), n. Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. “The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds.” Darwin.
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Transportance (?), n. Transportation. [Obs.] “Give me swift transportance.” Shak.
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