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1. trans. To convey or take from one place, person, etc. to another; to transmit, transport; to give or hand over from one to another.

b. fig. esp. in Sematology: see quots.

c. intr. for refl. or pass.

2. Law. To convey or make over (title, right, or property) by deed or legal process.

3. To convey (a drawing or design) from one surface to another, esp. (a) to a lithographic stone, to earthenware, glass, etc., by means of transfer-paper; (b) to a new back or ground, as an embroidered pattern, etc.

Hence transferred (-{sm}f{revope}{lm}d) ppl. a., conveyed from one person, place, sense, etc. to another. transferred epithet, an epithet grammatically qualifying a noun other than (though contextually associated with) the noun to which it literally applies.