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transmigrate

Pronunciation: /ˌtranzmʌɪˈgreɪt, trɑːnz-, -ns-/

Definition of transmigrate

verb

[no object]

1(of the soul) pass into a different body after death: his spirit would transmigrate into another being

2 rare migrate: they might transmigrate to those settlements

Derivatives

transmigration
transmigrator
transmigratory

Origin:

late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'transferred'): from Latin transmigrat- 'removed from one place to another', from the verb transmigrare (see trans-, migrate)