TRANSUMPTIVE

Etymology

Adjective

transumptive (comparative more transumptive, superlative most transumptive)

metaphorical

Transferred from one to another.

Source: Wiktionary


Tran*sump"tive, a. Etym: [L. transumptivus.]

Definition: Taking from one to another; metaphorical. [R.] "A transumptive kind of speech." Drayton. Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive, and withal definitive. Lowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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