2. (R. C. Theol.) To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of
Christ.
Transubstantiation
(Tran`sub*stan`ti*a"tion) n. [LL. transubstantiatio: cf. F. transsubstantiation.]
1. A change into another substance.
2. (R. C. Theol.) The doctrine held by Roman Catholics, that the bread and wine in the Mass is converted
into the body and blood of Christ; — distinguished from consubstantiation, and impanation.
Transubstantiator
(Tran`sub*stan"ti*a`tor) n. [Cf. F. transsubstantiateur.] One who maintains the doctrine
of transubstantiation. Barrow.
Transudation
(Tran`su*da"tion) n. [Cf. F. transsudation.]
1. The act or process of transuding.
2. (Physics) Same as Exosmose.
Transudatory
(Tran*su"da*to*ry) a. Of or pertaining to transudation; passing by transudation.
Transude
(Tran*sude") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transuded; p. pr. & vb. n. Transuding.] [Pref. trans-
+ L. sudare to sweat: cf. F. transsuder.] To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or
interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood.
Transume
(Tran*sume") v. t. [L. transumere, transsumere, to take from one to another; trans across +
sumere to take.] To change; to convert. [R.] Crashaw.
Transumpt
(Tran*sumpt") n. [L. transumere, transumptum, to take from one to another, in LL., to transcribe.
See Transume.] A copy or exemplification of a record. [Obs.] Lord Herbert.
Transumption
(Tran*sump"tion) n. [L. transumptio.] Act of taking from one place to another. [R.]
South.
Transumptive
(Tran*sump"tive) a. [L. transumptivus.] Taking from one to another; metaphorical. [R.]
"A transumptive kind of speech." Drayton.
Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive, and withal definitive.
Lowell. Transvasate
(Trans*va"sate) v. t. [See Transvasation.] To pour out of one vessel into another. [Obs.]
Cudworth.
Transvasation
(Trans`va*sa"tion) n. [Pref. trans- + L. vas, vasis, vessel.] The act or process of
pouring out of one vessel into another. [Obs.] Holland.
Transvection
(Trans*vec"tion) n. [L. transvectio, from transvehere to carry across; trans across + vehere
to carry.] The act of conveying or carrying over. [R.]
Transverberate
(Trans*ver"ber*ate) v. t. [L. transverberatus, p. p. of transverberare to strike or pierce
through.] To beat or strike through. [Obs.]
Transversal
(Trans*ver"sal) a. [Cf. F. transversal. See Transverse.] Running or lying across; transverse; as,
a transversal line. — Trans*ver"sal*ly, adv.
Transversal
(Trans*ver"sal), n. [Cf. F. transversale.] (Geom.) A straight line which traverses or intersects
any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced.
