'Transumptive' definitions:

Definition of 'Transumptive'

From: GCIDE
  • Transumptive \Tran*sump"tive\, a. [L. transumptivus.] Taking from one to another; metaphorical. [R.] "A transumptive kind of speech." --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
  • Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive, and withal definitive. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]

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