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Taking from one to another; metaphorical.

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  1. a. Taking from one to another; metaphorical.
  2. Taking from one to another; metaphorical. [R.] "A transumptive kind of speech." Drayton. Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive, and withal definitive. Lowell.
  3. Taking from one to another; metaphorical. [R.] "A transumptivekind of speech." Drayton.Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive, and withaldefinitive. Lowell.