1. (Physiol.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.

2. (Bot.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.

Transplace
(Trans*place") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transplaced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transplacing ] [Pref. trans- + place.] To remove across some space; to put in an opposite or another place. [R.]

It [an obelisk] was transplaced . . . from the left side of the Vatican into a more eminent place.
Bp. Wilkins.

Transplant
(Trans*plant") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transplanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transplanting.] [F. transplanter, L. transplantare; trans across, over + plantare to plant. See Plant.]

1. To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. Dryden.

2. To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants.

Being transplanted out of his cold, barren diocese of St. David into a warmer climate.
Clarendon.

Transplantation
(Trans`plan*ta"tion) n. [Cf. F. transplantation.]

1. The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal.

The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta.
Broome.

2. (Surg.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty.

Transplanter
(Trans*plant"er) n. One who transplants; also, a machine for transplanting trees.

Transplendency
(Tran*splen"den*cy) n. Quality or state of being transplendent. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Transplendent
(Tran*splen"dent) a. [Trans- + splendent.] Resplendent in the highest degree. [R.] — Tran*splen"dent*ly, adv. [R.]

Transport
(Trans*port") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transported; p. pr. & vb. n. Transporting.] [F. transporter, L. transportare; trans across + portare to carry. See Port bearing, demeanor.]

1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops. Hakluyt.

2. To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.

3. To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul.

[They] laugh as if transported with some fit
Of passion.
Milton.

We shall then be transported with a nobler . . . wonder.
South.

Transport
(Trans"port) n. [F. See Transport, v.]

1. Transportation; carriage; conveyance.

The Romans . . . stipulated with the Carthaginians to furnish them with ships for transport and war.
Arbuthnot.


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