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transitory |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Transitory \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf F. transitoire See {Transient}.] Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent. Comfort and succor all those who in this transitory life, are in trouble. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing. --South. {Transitory action} (Law), an action which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like -- opposed to local action --Blackstone. Bouvier. Syn: transient; short-lived; brief. See {Transient}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: transitory adj : enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn: {ephemeral}, {passing}, {short-lived}, {transient}, {fugacious}]
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