KJV Dictionary Definition: transfer

transfer

TRANSFER', v.t. L. transfero; trans and fero, to carry.

1. To convey from one place or person to another; to transport or remove to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another. The seat of government was transferred from New York to Albany. We say, a war is transferred from France to Germany. Pain or the seat of disease in the body, is often transferred from one part to another.

2. To make over; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to sell; to give. The title to land is transferred by deed. The property of a bill of exchange may be transferred by indorsement. Stocks are transferred by assignment, or entering the same under the name of the purchaser in the proper books.

transferable

TRANSFER'ABLE, a. That may be transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another.

1. 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. The stocks of the public and of companies are transferable.

transferred

TRANSFER'RED, pp. Conveyed from one to another.

transferring

TRANSFER'RING, ppr. Removing from one place or person to another; conveying to another, as a right.