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transumpt

transumpt noun: a copy or exemplification of a record.

Noun

transumpt (plural transumpts)

  1. (obsolete) A copy or exemplification of a record.
    • As for the excommunication which he hath so long sustained, they have heard him often say, that he hath not resisted against the same by contumacy, or stubbornness, but under evident appellation, and thereupon referreth himself unto the acts of his causes which were pleaded in the court of Rome...1563, John Foxe, “Answer of the Nobles of Bohemia”, in Stephen Reed Cattley, editor, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, volume 3, published 1837
    • Edward Lee the Kings Almoner; who, sending the transumpt of the Breve to the King April 23, by a Letter 12 of June following, also certified our King of the sending of Gonçales Fernando[…]1649, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life and Reigne of King Henry the Eighth

Forms of transumpt

pluraltransumpts

Origin of transumpt

From Latin transumere, transumptum (“to take from one to another”), in Latin [Term?] (“to transcribe”). See transume.

Questions about transumpt

What does transumpt mean?
Transumpt means a copy or exemplification of a record.
What part of speech is transumpt?
Transumpt is a noun.
What is the plural of transumpt?
The plural of transumpt is transumpts.

Words near transumpt in the dictionary

  1. transumed
  2. transumer
  3. transumers
  4. transumes
  5. transuming
  6. transumpt
  7. transumption
  8. transumptions
  9. transumptive
  10. transumpts
  11. transungual

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