transference

Roget category 270

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.1. Motion in general

#270. Transference

noun

transfer, transference — translocation, elocation^† — displacement — metastasis, metathesis — removal — remotion^†, amotion^† — relegation — deportation, asportation^† — extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage — convection, conduction, contagion — transfer etc. (of property) 783.
transit, transition — passage, ferry, gestation — portage, porterage^†, carting, cartage — shoveling etc. v. — vection^†, vecture^†, vectitation^† — shipment, freight, wafture^† — transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption^†, transplantation, translation — shifting, dodging — dispersion etc. 73 — transposition etc. (interchange) 148 — traction etc. 285.
[Thing transferred] drift.

verb

transfer, transmit, transport, transplace^†, transplant, translocate — convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry — carry over, ferry over — hand pass, forward — shift — conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach — tote [U.S.] — port, import, export.
send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver — ship, embark — waft — shunt — transpose etc. (interchange) 148 — displace etc. 185 — throw etc. 284 — drag etc. 285 — mail, post.
shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.

adjective

transferred etc. v. — drifted, movable — portable, portative^† — mailable [U.S.] — contagious.

adverb

from hand to hand, from pillar to post.
on the way, by the way — on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course — as one goes — in transitu [Lat.], en route, chemin faisant [Fr.], en passant [Fr.], in mid progress, in mid course.

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