[syn: migrate, transmigrate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
transmigrate
v 1: be born anew in another body after death; "Hindus believe
that we transmigrate" [syn: reincarnate, transmigrate]
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, transmigrate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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