Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 64
Transmew (v. t. & i.) To
transmute; to transform; to metamorphose.
Transmigrant (a.) Migrating or passing from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another.
Transmigrant (n.) One who transmigrates.
Transmigrated (imp. & p. p.) of Transmigrate
Transmigrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transmigrate
Transmigrate (v. i.) To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.
Transmigrate (v. i.) To pass from one body or condition into another.
Transmigration (n.) The act of passing from one country to another; migration.
Transmigration (n.) The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.
Transmigrator (n.) One who transmigrates.
Transmigratory (a.) Passing from one body or state to another.
Transmissibility (n.) The quality of being transmissible.
Transmissible (a.) 能傳送的；能透射的；可播送的 Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.
Transmissible (a.) (Of disease) Capable of being transmitted by infection [syn: catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable].
Transmissible (a.) Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" [syn: familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible].
Transmissible (a.) Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" [syn: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible].
Transmission (n.) 傳送；傳達 [U]；傳染，傳播 [U] 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.
Transmission (n.) (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.
Transmission (n.) (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.
Transmission (n.) The process or event of sending signals by means of a radio-frequency wave from an electronic transmitter to a receiving device.
Transmission (n.) The act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted [syn: {transmission}, {transmittal}, {transmitting}].
Transmission (n.) Communication by means of transmitted signals.
Transmission (n.) The fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance [syn: {transmittance}, {transmission}].
Transmission (n.) An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted [syn: {infection}, {contagion}, {transmission}].
Transmission (n.) The gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle [syn: {transmission}, {transmission system}].
Transmission (n.), Civ. law. The right which heirs or legatees may have of passing to their successors, the inheritance or legacy to which they were entitled, if they happen to die without having exercised their rights. Domat, liv. 3, t. 1, s. 10; 4 Toull. n. 186; Dig. 50, 17, 54; Code, 6, 51.
Transmissive (a.) 能傳遞的；能傳達的；能傳導的 Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from one to another.
Itself a sun, it with transmissive light Enlivens worlds denied to human sight. -- Prior.
Transmitted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmit
Transmitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transmit
Transmit (v. t.) (v. t.) 傳送，傳達；傳（光、熱、聲等）；傳動；遺傳；留傳 [（+to）] (v. i.) 播送信號；發報 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.
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.
The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. -- Prescott.
Transmit (v. t.) To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.
Transmit (v.) Transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: {convey}, {transmit}, {communicate}].
Transmit (v.) Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: {impart}, {conduct}, {transmit}, {convey}, {carry}, {channel}].
Transmit (v.) Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: {air}, {send}, {broadcast}, {beam}, {transmit}].
Transmit (v.) Send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" [syn: {transmit}, {transfer}, {transport}, {channel}, {channelize}, {channelise}].
Transmittal (n.) Transmission.
Transmittance (n.) Transmission.
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.
Transmittible (a.) Capable of being transmitted; transmissible.
Transmogrification (n.) The act of transmogrifying, or the state of being transmogrified; transformation.
Transmogrify (v. t.) 使變形；使變成奇形怪狀（或滑稽可笑） To change into a different shape; to transform. [Colloq.] -- Fielding. Syn: Convert.
Compare: Convert
Convert (v.) [With object] 轉變，變換 [（+to/ into）]；使皈依；使改變信仰 [（+from/ to）] Change the form, character, or function of something.
‘Modernization has converted the country from a primitive society to a near-industrial one.’
Convert (v.) [No object] 轉變，變換 [（+to/ into）]；皈依；改變信仰 [（+from/ to）] Be able to change from one form to another.
‘The seating converts to a double or two single beds.’
Convert (v.) [With object] Change (money, stocks, or units in which a quantity is expressed) into others of a different kind.
‘The figures have been converted at $0.545 to the Dutch guilder.’
Convert (v.) [With object] Adapt (a building) to make it suitable for a new purpose.
‘The company converted a disused cinema to house twelve machinists.’
Convert (v.) [With object] [Logic ] Transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) according to certain rules to form a new proposition by inference.
Convert (v.) [No object] Change one's religious faith or other belief.
‘At sixteen he converted to Catholicism.’
Convert (v.) [With object] Persuade (someone) to change their religious faith or other belief.
‘He was converted in his later years to the socialist cause.’
Convert (v.) [With object ] Score from (a penalty kick, pass, or other opportunity) in a sport or game.
‘Faulkner gave away a penalty corner which was converted by Saeed Anjum’
Convert (v.) [Rugby] Score extra points after (a try) by a successful kick at goal.
‘Stephens converted Proctor's try with a massive kick from the left-hand touchline’
Compare: Rugby
Rugby (n.) 橄欖球A form of football played with an oval ball.
Convert (v.) [With object ] [American Football ] Advance the ball far enough after (a down) to get another try for a first down.
‘We didn't convert the third down.’
Convert (v.) [With object ] [American Football ] Make an extra score after (a touchdown) by kicking a goal (one point) or running another play into the end zone (two points).
Convert (n.) 改變信仰者，皈依者 [C] A person who has been persuaded to change their religious faith or other belief.
‘He is a recent convert to the Church.’
Phrases
Convert something to one's own use
Wrongfully make use of another's property.
Compare: Wrongfully
Wrongfully (adv.) 不正當地；不妥地；錯誤地；不公正地 In an unfair, unjust, or illegal manner.
‘He was wrongfully convicted of murder’
‘They realized they had acted wrongfully and showed real remorse.’
Transmogrify (v.) [With object] [Humorous] Transform in a surprising or magical manner.
‘His home was transmogrified into a hippy crash pad.’
Transmove (v. t.) To move or change from one state into another; to transform.
Transmutability (n.) The quality of being transmutable.
Transmutability (n.) The quality of being commutable [syn: commutability, transmutability].
Transmutable (a.) Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable.
Transmutation (n.) 變形；變質；變化；【生】演變 The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.
Transmutation (n.) (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.]
Transmutation (n.) (Biol.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; Transformism. -- Bacon.
Transmutation of metals (Alchem.), The conversion of base metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by the alchemists. See Alchemy, and Philosopher's stone, under Philosopher.
Transmutation (n.) An act that changes the form or character or substance of something [syn: transmutation, transubstantiation].
Transmutation (n.) A qualitative change [syn: transformation, transmutation, shift].
Transmutation (n.) (Physics) The change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment); "the transmutation of base metals into gold proved to be impossible".
Transmutationist (n.) One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.
Transmuted (imp. & p. p.) of Transmute.
Transmuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transmute.
Transmute (v. t.) To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.
The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. -- Buckminster.
Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. -- H. Smith.
Transmute (v.) Change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" [syn: transform, transmute, metamorphose].
Transmute (v.) Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the
clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" [syn: transform, transmute, transubstantiate].
Transmute (v.) Alter the nature of (elements).
Transmuter (n.) One who transmutes.
Transmutual (a.) Reciprocal; commutual. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Transnatation (n.) The act of swimming across, as a river.
Transnature (v. t.) To transfer or transform the nature of. [Obs.]
We are transelemented, or transnatured. -- Jewel.
Transom (n.) (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 Mullion.
Transom (n.) (Naut.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer.
Transom (n.) (Gun.) The piece of wood or iron connecting the cheeks of some gun carriages.
Transom (n.) (Surg.) The vane of a cross-staff. -- Chambers.
Transom (n.) (Railroad) One of the crossbeams connecting the side frames of a truck with each other.
Transom knees (Shipbuilding), knees bolted to the transoms
and after timbers..
Transom window. (Arch.) (a) A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms.
Transom window. (Arch.) (b) A window over a door, with a transom between..
Transom (n.) A window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door [syn: transom, transom window, fanlight].
Transom (n.) A horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it [syn: transom, traverse].
Transpadane (a.) Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane.
Transpalatine (a.) Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.
Transpare (v. t. & i.) To be, or cause to be, transparent; to appear, or cause to appear, or be seen, through something.
Transparence (n.) The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.
Transparencies (n. pl. ) of Transparency
Transparency (n.) 透明；透明度；透明的東西；幻燈片 The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.
Transparency (n.) 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.
Transparency (n.) permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation [syn: {transparency}, {transparence}] [ant: {opacity}].
Transparency (n.) the quality of being clear and transparent [syn: {transparency}, {transparence}, {transparentness}].
Transparency (n.) picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector [syn: {foil}, {transparency}].
Transparent (a.) 透明的；清澈的 [Z]；顯而易見的；一目了然的 [+that] 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 (a.) Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil.
Transparent (a.) Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: {crystalline}, {crystal clear}, {limpid}, {lucid}, {pellucid}, {transparent}].
Transparent (a.) So thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: {diaphanous}, {filmy}, {gauzy}, {gauze-like}, {gossamer}, {see-through}, {sheer}, {transparent}, {vaporous}, {vapourous}, {cobwebby}].
Transparent (a.) Free of deceit [syn: {guileless}, {transparent}].
Transparent (a.) Easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie".
Transpass (v. t.) To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river.
Transpass (v. i.) To pass by; to pass away.
Transpassable (a.) Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over.
Transpatronize (v. t.) To transfer the patronage of.
Transpeciate (v. t.) To change from one species to another; to transform.
Transpicuous (a.) Transparent; pervious to the sight.
Transpierced (imp. & p. p.) of Transpierce
Transpiercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transpierce
Transpierce (v. t.) To pierce through; to penetrate; to permeate; to pass through.
Transpirable (a.) Capable of being transpired, or of transpiring.
Transpiration (n.) 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.
Transpiration (n.) The evaporation of water, or exhalation of aqueous vapor, from cells and masses of tissue.
Transpiration (n.) The passing of gases through fine tubes, porous substances, or the like; as, transpiration through membranes.
Transpiratory (a.) Of or relating to transpiration.
Transpired (imp. & p. p.) of Transpire
Transpiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transpire
Transpire (v. i.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.
Transpire (v. i.) To evaporate from living cells.
Transpire (v. i.) To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
Transpire (v. i.) To happen or come to pass; to occur.
Transpire (v. t.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
Transpire (v. t.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.
Transplaced (imp. & p. p.) of Transplace
Transplacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transplace
Transplace (v. t.) To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place.
Transplanted (imp. & p. p.) of Transplant
Transplanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transplant
Transplant (v. t.) To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.
Transplant (v. t.) To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants.
Transplantation (n.) 移植；移植法；移居，移民 The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.
The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. -- Broome.
Transplantation (n.) (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.
Transplantation (n.) An operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" [syn: {transplant}, {transplantation}, {organ transplant}].
Transplantation (n.) The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" [syn: {transplant}, {transplantation}, {transplanting}].
Compare: Autoplasty
Autoplasty (n.) 【醫】自體成形術 The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.
Compare: Deficiency
Deficiency (n.) 不足，缺乏 [U] [C] [（+of）]；不足的數額 [C] A lack or shortage.
‘Deficiencies in material resources.’
‘For all its deficiencies it remains his most powerful play.’
‘A budget deficiency of $96 billion.’
Transplantation (n.) The removal of a bodily organ or of tissues from one person, and the insertion of them into another person to replace a damaged organ or tissue; as, the transplantation of a heart, kidney, or liver.
Transplanter (n.) One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.
Transplendency (n.) Quality or state of being transplendent.
Transplendent (a.) Resplendent in the highest degree.
Transpontine (a.) 在橋那邊的；倫敦泰晤士河南岸的 Situated on the farther side of a bridge.
Transpontine (a.) (British) Situated on the south side of the Thames.
// Traffic on the Tobin Bridge was at a near standstill, and it took us twenty minutes to reach our transpontine destination in Charlestown.
// "The moment Waterloo Bridge was planned across the Thames, a new theatre to serve the transpontine coach trade was inevitable." - Robert Gore-Langton, The Spectator (UK), 15 Nov. 2014.
Transported (imp. & p. p.) of Transport
Transporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transport
Transport (v. t.) 運送，運輸； 流放； 使欣喜若狂 To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops. -- Hakluyt.
Transport (v. t.) To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.
Transport (v. t.) To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul.
[They] laugh as if transported with some fit Of passion. -- Milton.
We shall then be transported with a nobler . . . wonder. -- South.
Transport (n.) 運輸 [U] [（+of）]；【英】交通工具 [U]；交通運輸系統 [U] ； 狂喜； 流放犯 Transportation; carriage; conveyance.
The Romans . . . stipulated with the Carthaginians to furnish them with ships for transport and war.
Transport (n.) 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}.
Transport (n.) Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.
With transport views the airy rule his own, And swells on an imaginary throne. -- Pope.
Say not, in transports of despair, That all your hopes are fled. -- Doddridge.
Transport (n.) A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.
Transport (n.) Something that serves as a means of transportation [syn: {conveyance}, {transport}].
Transport (n.) An exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes.
Transport (n.) The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials [syn: {transportation}, {shipping}, {transport}].
Transport (n.) A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens [syn: {ecstasy}, {rapture}, {transport}, {exaltation}, {raptus}].
Transport (n.) A mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder [syn: {tape drive}, {tape transport}, {transport}].
Transport (n.) The act of moving something from one location to another [syn: {transportation}, {transport}, {transfer}, {transferral}, {conveyance}].
Transport (v.) Move something or somebody around; usually over long distances.
Transport (v.) Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" [syn: {transport}, {carry}].
Transport (v.) Hold spellbound [syn: {enchant}, {enrapture}, {transport}, {enthrall}, {ravish}, {enthral}, {delight}] [ant: {disenchant}, {disillusion}].
Transport (v.) Transport commercially [syn: {transport}, {send}, {ship}].
Transport (v.) Send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" [syn: {transmit}, {transfer}, {transport}, {channel}, {channelize}, {channelise}].
Transportability (n.) The quality or state of being transportable.
Transportable (a.) Capable of being transported.