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and in demotic as well as in Greek.<br />

transcript<br />

n. 1 transcription, translation, transliteration, rendering,<br />

interpretation, representation: Most linguists regarded writing<br />

as a mere transcript of language. 2 (carbon or machine or Xerox<br />

or photostatic or xerographic) copy, carbon, duplicate,<br />

duplication, photocopy, reproduction, Photostat, Colloq dupe: I<br />

have requested a transcript of the court proceedings.<br />

transfer v. 1 move, transport, convey, remove, carry, take, deliver,<br />

bring, transmit, cart, haul, shift, hand (on or over), turn<br />

over, give, pass (on or along or over): The documents will be<br />

transferred to you today.<br />

--n. 2 move, conveyance, transmittal, transmission, delivery,<br />

change: The papers documenting the transfer of the property are<br />

here.<br />

transfix v. 1 pin, fix, impale, skewer, nail, pierce, spear, spike,<br />

spit, stick: The shrike, or butcher-bird, transfixes its prey<br />

on a thorn, then picks its bones clean. 2 enrapture, galvanize,<br />

electrify, hypnotize, mesmerize, rivet,,fascinate, bewitch,<br />

enchant, ensorcel, engross, root to the spot, stun, paralyse,<br />

Colloq stop dead (in one's tracks): The felon stood transfixed<br />

with terror as the judge pronounced sentence.<br />

transform v. change, modify, transfigure, alter, transmute, metamorphose,<br />

turn into, convert, transmogrify, mutate, permute: What will it<br />

take to transform these students into civilized human beings?<br />

transformation<br />

n. change, modification, transfiguration, transfigurement,<br />

alteration, transmutation, metamorphosis, conversion,<br />

transmogrification, mutation, permutation: The transformation<br />

in her appearance over a few short months was miraculous.<br />

transfuse v. 1 instil, transmit, transfer, inject: Her greatest success<br />

was to transfuse a sense of history to her students. 2 infuse,<br />

permeate: An embarrassed blush transfused his face.<br />

transgress<br />

v. 1 sin, trespass, offend, err, lapse, fall from grace,

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