Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRANS-POSE
TRANS-POSE, v.t. [transpo'ze; Fr. transposer; trans and poser, to put.]
- To change the place or order of things by putting each in the place of the other; as, to transpose letters, words or propositions. Locke.
- To put out of place. Shak.
- In algebra, to bring any term of an equation over to the other side. Thus if a+b=c, and we make a=c-b, then b is said to be transposed.
- In grammar, to change the natural order of words.
- In music, to change the key.
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