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transmigrate

[ trans-mahy-greyt, tranz- ]

verb (used without object)

, trans·mi·grat·ed, trans·mi·grat·ing.
  1. to move or pass from one place to another.
  2. to migrate from one country to another in order to settle there.
  3. (of the soul) to be reborn after death in another body.


verb (used with object)

, trans·mi·grat·ed, trans·mi·grat·ing.
  1. to cause to transmigrate, as a soul; transfer.

transmigrate

/ ˌtrænzmaɪˈɡreɪt /

verb

  1. to move from one place, state, or stage to another
  2. (of souls) to pass from one body into another at death
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌtransmiˈgrational, adjective
  • transˈmigrative, adjective
  • ˌtransmiˈgrator, noun
  • transˈmigratory, adjective
  • ˌtransmiˈgration, noun
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Other Words From

  • trans·migra·tor noun
  • trans·mi·gra·to·ry [trans-, mahy, -gr, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, tranz-], trans·migra·tive adjective
  • untrans·migrated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of transmigrate1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin trānsmigrātus (past participle of trānsmigrāre to depart, migrate). See trans-, migrate
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Example Sentences

They think the soul will transmigrate many times before being finally united to Brahma.

When the Lama dies, his soul enters immediately into the body of some child, so that he is simply said to transmigrate.

I am sure all this is because you think you will transmigrate into a black spider!

He commanded each of them to transmigrate from one human body into another, until their tasks were done.

It cannot transmigrate—cannot carry along with it the law which protects it: and if it could, what law would it carry?

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