transvase

transitive verb

trans·​vase

tran(t)sˈvās,

-nzˈ-

-ed/-ing/-s

: to pour out of one vessel into another

transvases the water

Word History

Etymology

French transvaser, from Old French, from Latin trans- + vas vessel, vase

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