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Transitory
Pronunciation : Tran"si*to*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See Transient.]
Definition : Defn: Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent. Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble. Bk. of Com. Prayer. It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing. South. Transitory action (Law), an action which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to local action. Blackstone. Bouvier.
Syn. -- transient; short-lived; brief. See Transient.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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