† transfudev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive.
1. To transmit.
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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > transmit > pass on
transfude?a1475
derivea1530
transmit1629
derivate1643
to hand down1651
to hand on1685
to pass on1791
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 5 Withowte the sollicitude of writers scholde transfude [L. transfunderet] to vs the memory of thynges of antiquite.
2. To expend lavishly.
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the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > give liberally [verb (transitive)]
enlargissec1430
transfude?a1475
enlargea1492
heap1574
showerc1595
profuse1611
enumerate1717
prodigalize1836
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 153 So that y myȝhte transfude [L. transfuderim, v.r. transfuderem] my patrimony to youre utilite.
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