transmigrate
[verb]
Synonyms: migrate, emigrate

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transmigrate verb. [tranzmʌɪ'greɪt, trɑ:nz-, -ns-] LME.
[Latin transmigrat- pa. ppl stem of transmigrare, formed as TRANS- + migrare MIGRATE.]
1. verb trans. In pass. Be transferred, be transported. Now only as in sense 3. LME.

2. verb intrans. Move or pass from one place to another; esp. (of a person, a tribe, etc.) move from one place of abode to another, migrate; be subject to transmigration. E17.

3. verb intrans. spec. Of the soul: pass at or after death into another body (human or other). E17.

■ transmigrator noun (rare) a person who or thing which transmigrates M18.

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