Transmigrate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Transmigrate \Trans"mi*grate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Transmigrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transmigrating}.] [L.
     transmigrare, transmigratum; trans across + migrare to
     migrate. See {Migrate}.]
     1. To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for
        the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.


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     2. To pass from one body or condition into another.
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              Their may transmigrate into each other. --Howell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  transmigrate
       v 1: be born anew in another body after death; "Hindus believe
            that we transmigrate" [syn: {reincarnate}]
       2: move from one country or region to another and settle there;
          "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th
          century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the
          centuries" [syn: {migrate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "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