transumptive
adjective
tran·sump·tive
\-(p)tiv\
Definition of transumptive
: of, relating to, or characterized by the transfer or substitution of terms : metaphorical the transumptive power of poetry — R. P. Blackmur
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Origin and Etymology of transumptive
Latin transumptivus, from transumptus + -ivus -ive
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