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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1652
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Transitiously, adv. [? Transitus n. or ? Transition(e n.] ? In a manner involving transferring from one subject to another or ? passing by transition from one subject to another. — 1652 Urquhart Jewel in Wks. 292.
Speeches extending a matter beyond what it is auxetically, digressively, transitiously, by ratiocination, æetiology, circumlocution and other wayes
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