Transfer \Trans*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transferred; p. pr. & vb. n. Transferring.]

[L. transferre; trans across, over + ferre to bear: cf. F. transf['e]rer. See Bear to carry.]

1. To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion.

2. To make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed.

3. To remove from one substance or surface to another; as, to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone. --Tomlinson.

Syn: To sell; give; alienate; estrange; sequester.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)