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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transitory \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf F.
transitoire See {Transient}.]
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
transitory
adj : enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of
childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient
beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal";
"fugacious blossoms" [syn: {ephemeral}, {passing}, {short-lived},
{transient}, {fugacious}]
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