Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transferring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transfer \Trans*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transferred}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Transferring}.] [L. transferre; trans across, over
+ ferre to bear: cf. F. transf['e]rer. See {Bear} to carry.]
1. To convey from one place or person another; to transport,
remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as,
to transfer the laws of one country to another; to
transfer suspicion.
2. To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to
convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give;
as, the title to land is transferred by deed.
3. To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to
transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone.
--Tomlinson.
Syn: To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.
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