v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transferred p. pr. & vb. n. Transferring. ] [ L. transferre; trans across, over + ferre to bear: cf. F. transférer. See Bear to carry. ] 1. To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of transferring, or the state of being transferred; the removal or conveyance of a thing from one place or person to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or otherwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is transferred. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) A picture, or the like, removed from one body or ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas to another. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) (Mil.) A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side. [ 1913 Webster ]

Transfer day, one of the days fixed by the Bank of England for the transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and government funds. These days are the first five business days in the week before three o'clock. Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. Bithell. --
Transfer office, an office or department where transfers of stocks, etc., are made. --
Transfer paper, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen, engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring impressions. --
Transfer table. (Railroad) Same as Traverse table. See under Traverse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being transferable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. transférable. ] 1. Capable of being transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Negotiable, as a note, bill of exchange, or other evidence of property, that may be conveyed from one person to another by indorsement or other writing; capable of being transferred with no loss of value; as, the stocks of most public companies are transferable; some tickets are not transferable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The person to whom a transfer in made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Transfer + -graphy. ] The act or process of copying inscriptions, or the like, by making transfers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Transference. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes a transfer or conveyance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being transferred; transferable. [ 1913 Webster ]