transmigrate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be born anew in another body after death
    reincarnate.
    • Hindus believe that we transmigrate
  2. verb move from one country or region to another and settle there
    migrate.
    • Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century
    • This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries

WordNet

Trans"mi*grate intransitive verb
Etymology
L. transmigrare, transmigratum; trans across + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Transmigrated ; present participle & verbal noun Transmigrating
Definitions
  1. To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate.
  2. To pass from one body or condition into another.
    Their may transmigrate into each other. Howell.

Webster 1913