[ L. trans across, over. ] A prefix, signifying over, beyond, through and through, on the other side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps; transform, to form through and through, that is, anew, transfigure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transacting. ] [ L. transactus, p. p. of transigere. See Transaction. ] To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To conduct matters; to manage affairs. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. transactio, fr. transigere, transactum, to drive through, carry through, accomplish, transact; trans across, over + agere to drive; cf. F. transaction. See Act, Agent. ] 1. The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Civil Law) An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Transaction of a society, the published record of what it has done or accomplished. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Proceeding; action; process. -- Transaction, Proceeding. A transaction is something already done and completed; a proceeding is either something which is now going on, or, if ended, is still contemplated with reference to its progress or successive stages. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “ We the word proceeding in application to an affray in the street, and the word transaction to some commercial negotiation that has been carried on between certain persons. The proceeding marks the manner of proceeding, as when we speak of the proceedings in a court of law. The transaction marks the business transacted; as, the transactions on the Exchange.” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. transalpinus; trans across, beyond + Alpinus Alpine, from Alpes the Alps: cf. F. transalpin. ] Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine. “ Transalpine garbs.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transanimated p. pr. & vb. n. Transanimating. ] [ Trans- + animate. ] To animate with a soul conveyed from another body. [ R. ] Bp. J. King (1608). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. transanimation. ] The conveyance of a soul from one body to another. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. trans- + Atlantic: cf. F. transatlantique. ] 1. Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When used by a person in Europe or Africa, transatlantic signifies being in America; when by a person in America, it denotes being or lying in Europe or Africa, especially the former. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean; as, a transatlantic flight. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]