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n. [ See Brawl a dance. ] A brawl or dance. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cadran. Cf. Quadrant. ] An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A telephone transmitter in which a carbon contact is used. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The quality or state of being impertransible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pref. im- not + pertransire to go through. See Per- and Transient. ] Incapable of being passed through. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Transpicuous within or between. [ R. ] Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Between the transverse processes of the vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Impervious to heat; adiathermic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intragressibilis that can not be crossed. See In- not, and Transgress. ] Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passed over or crossed. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not transient; remaining; permanent. Killingbeck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. intransigeant (cf. Sp. intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act. ] Refusing compromise; uncompromising; inflexible; irreconcilable. Lond. Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Sp. ] (Spanish Politics) The extreme radicals; the party of the irreconcilables. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intransitivus: cf. F. intransitif. See In- not, and Transitive. ] 1. Not passing farther; kept; detained. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Not transitive; not passing over to an object; expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject, or, in other words, an action which does not require an object to complete the sense; as, an intransitive verb, e. g., the bird flies; the dog runs. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Intransitive verbs have no passive form. Some verbs which appear at first sight to be intransitive are in reality, or were originally, transitive verbs with a reflexive or other object omitted; as, he keeps (i. e., himself) aloof from danger. Intransitive verbs may take a noun of kindred signification for a cognate object; as, he died the death of a hero; he dreamed a dream. Some intransitive verbs, by the addition of a preposition, become transitive, and so admit of a passive voice; as, the man laughed at; he was laughed at by the man. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Gram.) Without an object following; in the manner of an intransitive verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] (Law) In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not capable of being transmitted; as, an intransmissable illness. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. The quality of being intransmutable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Computers) The translation of human language from one language to another by a computer; -- a branch of artificial intelligence.
Syn. -- computer translation, automatic translation. [ PJC ]

v. t. To translate erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong translation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A transformer connected in parallel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. pertransiens, p. pr. of pertransire. ] Passing through or over. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any of several transformers (there must be at least two) for changing phase. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Quadrantes [ L. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a thorough search. [ 1913 Webster ]

To ransack in the tas [ heap ] of bodies dead. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Even your father's house
Shall not be free from ransack. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ransacked p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking. ] [ OE. ransaken, Icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS. ræsn plank, beam) + the root of sækja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Rest repose. ] 1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. [ 1913 Webster ]

To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To plunder; to pillage completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their vow is made
To ransack Troy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. raunson, raunsoun, OF. rançon, raençon, raançon, F. rançon, fr. L. redemptio, fr. redimere to redeem. See Redeem, and cf. Redemption. ] 1. The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy ransom paid, which man from death redeems. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

His captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he paid for his liberty. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (O. Eng. Law) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ransom bill (Law), a war contract, valid by the law of nations, for the ransom of property captured at sea and its safe conduct into port. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ransomed p. pr. & vb. n. Ransoming. ] [ Cf. F. rançonner. See Ransom, n. ] 1. To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as can be ransomed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ransoms or redeems. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To transform anew or back. -- Re`trans*for*ma"tion n. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Imperfect or partial transparency. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half or imperfectly transparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not perfectly translucent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not perfectly transparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ After N. Tesla, American electrician. ] (Elec.) A transformer without iron, for high frequency alternating or oscillating currents; an oscillation transformer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Telepathy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ 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 ]