TRANSPLANT

I. verb Etymology: Middle English transplaunten, from Late Latin ~are, from Latin trans- + plantare to plant Date: 15th century transitive verb to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation, to remove from one place or context and settle or introduce elsewhere ; relocate , to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another, intransitive verb to tolerate being ~ed , ~ability noun ~able adjective ~ation noun ~er noun II. noun Date: 1756 1. a person or thing that is ~ed, a manufacturing plant set up locally by a foreign automobile company to save on shipping costs , the act or process of ~ing