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transmigrate definition

trans·mi·grate (-mī′grāt′)

intransitive verb transmigrated -·grat′ed, transmigrating -·grat′·ing

  1. to move from one habitation, country, etc. to another
  2. to pass into another body at death: said of the soul, as in Hindu religious belief

Etymology: ME vt. transmigraten < L transmigratus, pp. of transmigrare: see trans- & migrate

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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