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English Dictionary: transitory	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transitory adj lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" Synonym(s): ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transitory \Tran"sitory\, 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}.