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

References

• “transumption”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.