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transvector [CL transvehere+-tor] 1 one who carries or transports across (esp. across water). 797 per harum ~ores litterarum, viz. Bryne presbiterum et Cildas, ‥ ministros vestros, recepimus apices Ep. Alcuin. 127; miserunt ‥ alias etiam litteras preposito et ~oribus naves habentibus ‥ ne episcopum illum in Angliam transveherent nec transfretare permitterent, W. Fitzst. Thom. 101; solent ‥ universi Mariam ~ores sicut maris stellam attendere ut cursum dirigant Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 15. 2 one who conducts or accompanies person being transferred to another place. oneramus vos ‥ ut eum fratrem ‥ transmitti faciatis ad cellam ‥ de T. ‥ in sue tamen transmissionis itinere, suum volumus ~orem tanta regi constancia ut nec ad dextram declinet nec ad sinistram Reg. Whet. II 451.

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