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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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