Defn: Capable of being transferred; transferable.
TRANSFIGURATE
Trans*fig"u*rate, v. t.
Defn: To transfigure; to transform. [R.]
TRANSFIGURATION Trans*fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. transfiguratio: cf. transfiguration.]
1. A change of form or appearance; especially, the supernatural change in the personal appearance of our Savior on the mount.
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: A feast held by some branches of the Christian church on the 6th of August, in commemoration of the miraculous change above mentioned.
TRANSFIGURE
Trans*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfigured; p. pr. & vb. n.
Transfiguring.] Etym: [F. transfigurer, L. transfigurare,
transfiguratum; trans across, over + figurare to form, shape. See
Figure, v. t.]
1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.
2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious; to give an ideal form to. [Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Matt. xvii. 2.