transfer

Definition

To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

Etymology

From Latin trānsferō (“I bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

Example Sentences

• "to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion"
• "to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone"
• "transfer to the Blue Line"

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