transmigrate

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: trans=mi=grate

CIDE DICTIONARY

transmigrate, v. i. [L. transmigrare, transmigratum; trans across + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.].

•  To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.  [1913 Webster]
•  To pass from one body or condition into another.  [1913 Webster]

  "Their may transmigrate into each other."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

transmigrate, v.intr.
1 (of the soul) pass into a different body; undergo metempsychosis.
2 migrate.

Derivative

transmigration n. transmigrator n. transmigratory adj.

Etymology

ME f. L transmigrare (as TRANS-, MIGRATE)

THESAURUS

transmigrate

body, corporealize, corporify, embody, emigrate, expatriate, flit, immigrate, in-migrate, incarnate, incorporate, intermigrate, materialize, migrate, out-migrate, personify, reembody, reincarnate, remigrate, run, substantialize, substantiate, substantify, swarm, take wing, trek