TRANSUMPTION


Meaning of TRANSUMPTION in English

-(p)shən noun

( -s )

Etymology: Medieval Latin transumption-, transumptio transcription, from Latin, transferal of terms, from transumptus (past participle of transumere to take from one to another, from trans- + sumere to take, from sub- up + emere to take) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at sub- , redeem

: an act, process, or instance of making a copy

only experts could read the original, a transumption in the ordinary hand — H.W.Smith

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