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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANSPLANT', v.t. [L. planto.]
1. To remove and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.
2. To remove and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants. Salmaneser transplanted the Cuthites to Samaria.
3. To remove.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient [syn: graft, transplant]
2: an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago" [syn: transplant, transplantation, organ transplant]
3: the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation" [syn: transplant, transplantation, transplanting] v
1: lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants" [syn: transplant, transfer]
2: be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
3: place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient [syn: transplant, graft]
4: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn: transfer, transpose, transplant]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English transplaunten, from Late Latin transplantare, from Latin trans- + plantare to plant Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to lift and reset (a plant) in another soil or situation 2. to remove from one place or context and settle or introduce elsewhere ; relocate 3. to transfer (an organ or tissue) from one part or individual to another intransitive verb to tolerate being transplanted <does not transplant as well as other varieties> • transplantability noun • transplantable adjective • transplantation noun • transplanter noun II. noun Date: 1756 1. a. a person or thing that is transplanted b. a manufacturing plant set up locally by a foreign automobile company to save on shipping costs <bumpers shipped to a Japanese transplant in the United States> 2. the act or process of transplanting

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a plant in another place (transplanted the daffodils). b move to another place (whole nations were transplanted). 2 Surgery transfer (living tissue or an organ) and implant in another part of the body or in another body. --n. 1 Surgery a the transplanting of an organ or tissue. b such an organ etc. 2 a thing, esp. a plant, transplanted. Derivatives: transplantable adj. transplantation n. transplanter n. Etymology: ME f. LL transplantare (as TRANS-, PLANT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Transplant Trans*plant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transplanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transplanting.] [F. transplanter, L. transplantare; trans across, over + plantare to plant. See Plant.] 1. To remove, and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees. --Dryden. 2. To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants. Being transplanted out of his cold, barren diocese of St. David into a warmer climate. --Clarendon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(transplanted) 1. A transplant is a medical operation in which a part of a person's body is replaced because it is diseased. He was recovering from a heart transplant operation. ...the controversy over the sale of human organs for transplant. N-VAR 2. If doctors transplant an organ such as a heart or a kidney, they use it to replace a patient's diseased organ. The operation to transplant a kidney is now fairly routine. ...transplanted organs such as hearts and kidneys. VERB: V n, V-ed • transplantation ...a shortage of kidneys for transplantation... N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp 3. To transplant someone or something means to move them to a different place. Marriage had transplanted Rebecca from London to Manchester... Farmers will be able to seed it directly, rather than having to transplant seedlings. VERB: V n from/to/into n, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Plant in a new place. 2. Remove, transfer, transpose, transport, carry.

Moby Thesaurus

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