transumption

English

Etymology

Latin transumptio.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌmpʃən

Noun

transumption (countable and uncountable, plural transumptions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of taking or transporting from one place to another, e.g. of blood.
    • a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “(please specify the sermon number)”, in Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume (please specify |volume=VII to XI), London: […] Charles Bathurst, […], published 1744, →OCLC:
      kind of transumption and accommodation

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