† transferentadj.
/ˈtrɑːnsfərənt//ˈtransfərənt/ Obsolete. rare.
Effecting transference; in reference to sense: tropical, figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adjective] > characterized by metaphor > metaphorical or figurative
figurative14..
figural?a1500
translated1511
figurate1548
tropological1555
metaphorical1563
tropical1565
tropic1569
translate1582
allusory1587
translative1589
allusive1593
metaphoric1597
transumptive1597
transferent1614
translatitious1637
analogic1638
tralatitious1645
parabolic1696
tropologic1796
transitive1810
transferred1863
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. vi. §7. 324 Tropicall or Transferent, which applies the diuers formes and figures of naturall bodies..to signifie the dignities, fortunes [etc.]..of their Gods and of Men.
1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 46 In a Metaphoricall and transferent sense.
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