Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class II. Words Relating to SpaceSection IV. Motion
1. Motion in General
270. Transference.
TRANSIT, transition; passage, ferry, gestation; portage, porterage, freightage, carting, cartage; shoveling &c. v.; vection [obs.], vecture [obs.], vectitation [obs.]; shipment, freight, waftage; transmission, transport, transportation, transumption [rare], transplantation, translation; shifting, dodging; dispersion [See Nonassemblage. Dispersion]; transposition (interchange) [See Interchange]; traction [See Traction]; portamento [music, It.].
[THING TRANSFERRED] drift, alluvion, alluvium, detritus, deposit, moraine; deed, gift, bequest, legacy, lease; quitclaim; freight, cargo, mail, baggage, luggage [Brit.], goods [Brit.].
TRANSFEREE, grantee, assignee; donee, legatee, consignee, indorsee, devisee.
SEND, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver; ship, freight, embark; waft; shunt; transpose (interchange) [See Interchange]; displace [See Displacement]; throw [See Propulsion]; drag [See Traction]; mail, post.
LADLE, bail or bale, bucket, lade, dip, drip; shovel, decant, draft off.
TRANSFERABLE, assignable, conveyable, devisable, bequeathable, negotiable, transmittible, transmissible; mailable [U. S.].
on the way, by the way; on the road, on the wing; as one goes; in transitu [L.], en route [F.], chemin faisant [F.], en passant [F.], in mid-progress.