TRANSHUMANIZE
Trans*hu"man*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make more than human; to purity; to elevate above humanity.
[R.]
Souls purified by sorrow and self-denial, transhumanized to the
divine abstraction of pure contemplation. Lowell.
TRANSIENCE; TRANSIENCY
Tran"sience, Tran"sien*cy, n.
Defn: The quality of being transient; transientness.
TRANSIENT Tran"sient, a. Etym: [L. transiens, -entis, p. pr. of transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See Trance.]
1. Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure. "Measured this transient world." Milton.
2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.
3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U.S.]
Syn.
— Transient, Transitory, Fleeting. Transient represents a thing as
brief at the best; transitory, as liable at any moment to pass away.
Fleeting goes further, and represents it as in the act of taking its
flight. Life is transient; its joys are transitory; its hours are
fleeting.
What is loose love A transient gust. Pope
If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay, Age must be
loveliest at the latest day. Donne.
O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes. Milton.
— Tran"sient*ly, adv.
— Tran"sient*ness, n.
TRANSIENT
Tran"sient, n.