Bible Dictionaries
Transpose

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To change the natural order of, as words.

(2):

(v. t.) To change the key of.

(3):

(v. t.) To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or propositions.

(4):

(v. t.) To change; to transform; to invert.

(5):

(v. t.) To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus, if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be transposed.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Transpose'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/transpose.html. 1828.