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Definitions
the act of transferring something from one form to another
Word origin
From Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.
Used in a sentence
“to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion”
“to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone”
“transfer to the Blue Line”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Move from one place”8 letters
02“Move across”8 letters
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