(a) To relocate (sb. or sth. from one place to another), move; also fig.; also, transplant (sth.); move (wine) from one vessel to another; (b) to transfer (a cleric to a new post, a monk to a different monastery); also, transfer (knowledge and culture to another people); also, refl. reposition oneself;—used fig.; (c) to convey (a saint's relics, the body of a saint, etc.) for enshrinement elsewhere; also, disinter (bones or a body from a place of burial); (d) to carry away (sb., a nation or group of people) captive or into exile, cause to be carried away so; remove (a people), sweep away, destroy; also, deport (sb., a people); carry (sth.) off as booty [quot. a1382, last]; (e) to change the site of (the imperial capital, an ecclesiastical see); (f) to transfer one's allegiance [quot. a1425]; also, cause (sb.) to change (to new laws or customs); also, redirect (worship).

(a) To take away (a kingdom, duchy, etc.) from its ruler or people; transfer (rulership, the imperium, etc. from one people or person to another), turn over; cause (a country) to be annexed; (b) to relinquish (one's authority or ownership of property to another); transfer (one's prerogatives to another); (c) to remove (joy, influence, etc.).

(a) To take (Enoch, Elijah, prelapsarian man, etc.) into the afterlife without death; assume (the body of Mary or of John) into paradise or heaven; carry (sb., a soul into paradise or heaven); (b) ben) translated, to be) transformed by death into a pagan god; be) changed into a god or constellation.

To change the nature, condition, or appearance of (sb. or sth.), transform, alter; also fig.; also, advance (one's position).

To replace (sth.); turn (sth. into sth. else); also, move (a celebration to a different day).

(a) To translate (poetry, a book, etc.) from one language into another; render (a body of knowledge, a calumny, etc.) in another language; also, translate a text by (an author) or in (another language); also, capture in translation (the style or idiom) of the original text; (b) to engage in translation from one language to another, translate.