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Webster 1913 Edition

Transplant

Trans-plant′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Transplanted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Transplanting
.]
[F.
transplanter
, L.
transplantare
;
trans
across, over +
plantare
to plant. See
Plant
.]
1.
To remove, and plant in another place;
as, to
transplant
trees
.
Dryden.
2.
To remove, and settle or establish for residence in another place;
as, to
transplant
inhabitants
.
Being
transplanted
out of his cold, barren diocese of St. David into a warmer climate.
Clarendon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Transplant

TRANSPLANT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. planto.]
1.
To remove and plant in another place; as, to transplant trees.
2.
To remove and settle or establish for residence in another place; as, to transplant inhabitants. Salmaneser transplanted the Cuthites to Samaria.
3.
To remove.

Definition 2024

transplant

transplant

English

Verb

transplant ‎(third-person singular simple present transplants, present participle transplanting, simple past and past participle transplanted)

  1. (transitive) To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  2. (transitive) To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  3. (transitive, medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.

Translations

Noun

transplant ‎(plural transplants)

  1. An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  2. Anything that is transplanted.
  3. (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  4. (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
  5. (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
    • 2012, Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 29 Oct 2012:
      The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.

Translations

Etymology

From Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- +‎ plant.

Pronunciation

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