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transmigratory

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trans⋅mi⋅grate

  [trans-mahy-greyt, tranz-] verb, -grat⋅ed, -grat⋅ing.
Use transmigratory in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to move or pass from one place to another.
2. to migrate from one country to another in order to settle there.
3. (of the soul) to be reborn after death in another body.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cause to transmigrate, as a soul; transfer.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L trānsmigrātus (ptp. of trānsmigrāre to depart, migrate). See trans-, migrate

Related forms:
trans⋅mi⋅gra⋅tor, noun
trans⋅mi⋅gra⋅to⋅ry  [trans-mahy-gruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, tranz-] , trans⋅mi⋅gra⋅tive, adjective
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trans·mi·grate   (trāns-mī'grāt', trānz-)   
intr.v.   trans·mi·grat·ed, trans·mi·grat·ing, trans·mi·grates

  1. To migrate.

  2. To pass into another body after death. Used of the soul.


[Latin trānsmigrāre, trānsmigrāt- : trāns-, trans- + migrāre, to migrate; see migrate.]
trans'mi·gra'tion n., trans·mi'gra'tor n., trans·mi'gra·to'ry (-mī'grə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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