a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. transferent-em, pr. pple. of transfer-re to transfer.] Effecting transference; in reference to sense: tropical, figurative.
1614. Raleigh, Hist. World, II. vi. § 7. Tropicall or transferent, which applies the diuers formes and figures of naturall bodies, to signifie the dignities, fortunes [etc.] … of their Gods, and of men.
1651. C. Cartwright, Cert. Relig., I. 46. In a Metaphoricall and transferent sense.
