Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: transaction – transit
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transaction, n. [L. transactiōn-em.]
Effort; labor; exertion; motion.
transatlantic, adj. [L. transatlantique.] (webplay: beyond).
Eastern; across the Atlantic to the east.
transcend (-ing), v. [L. tran(s)scend-ere, to climb.]
Surpass; go beyond.
transcendental, adj. [L.] (webplay: climb).
Surpassing; preeminent; excellent; transforming; experiential; existential; supernatural; metaphysical; philosophical, as in the ideas of Aristotle, Kant, and Emerson; [fig.] boundless; timeless; eternal.
transfer, v. [Fr. transfèr-er.]
Convey; transport; communicate; pass along.
transfigure (-ed), v. [L. transfigūrāre, to change the shape of.]
Change; transform.
transfuse, v. [L. transfus, to pour.]
Remove; convey away.
transgression, n. [Fr. < L. trans, across + gradi, to step.]
Sin; error; passing over a boundary; [fig.] transition from life to death.
transient, adj. [L. transiens, to go across.]
Fleeting; short-lived; quickly passing.
transit, n. [L. transit-us.]
- Transition; [fig.] passage of the sun across the western horizon at sunset.
- Transport; process of shipment; conveyance from one place to another.