Emily Dickinson Lexicon

transmigration, n. [late L. transmigration-em, change of country.]

Transition; passage to another state or place.

transmute (-d), v. [L. Trans- + mutare, to change.]

Change; transform; alter.

transpire (transpiring), v. [Fr. < L. Trans- + spirare, to breathe.]

Happen; take place.

transplant (-ed), v. [L. Trans- + plantare.]

Relocate; move; remove and plant in another place.

transport (-s, -'s), n. [L. transportus, transferral.]

1. Rapture; ecstasy; joy; intense emotion.
2. Conveyance; carrying from one place to another.
3. Leisure; respite; relaxation.
4. Ship or vessel used for carrying things from one place to another.
5. Brilliance; radiance; brightness.

transport (-ed), v. [see transport, n.]

1. Convey; carry from one place to another.
2. Enrapture; bear away the soul in ecstasy.
3. Move emotionally; fill with intense feeling.

transporting, adj. [see transport, v.]

1. Delightful; joyous; rapturous; filled with ecstasy.
2. Emotionally moving; soul-changing; transforming.
3. Carrying to another place; [fig.] capable of conveying the soul to heaven.

transporting, adv. [see transport, v.]

Delightfully; captivatingly; rapturously.

trap (-s), n. [OE treppe.]

Stratagem; any device for capturing humans or animals by surprise.

travel (-s), n. [OFr travail, suffering or painful effort.]

Action of journeying; movement from one place to another.