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Transumptive

Transumptive \Tran*sump"tive\, a. [L. transumptivus.] Taking from one to another; metaphorical. [R.] ``A transumptive kind of speech.''
--Drayton.

Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive, and withal definitive.
--Lowell.

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transumptive

a. metaphorical

Usage examples of "transumptive".

It was all part of Harry's plan to deal with the problem of those transumptive banana peels.