TRANSMIGRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transmigrate mean? 

• TRANSMIGRATE (verb)
  The verb TRANSMIGRATE has 2 senses:

1. be born anew in another body after death

2. move from one country or region to another and settle there

  Familiarity information: TRANSMIGRATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSMIGRATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they transmigrate    ... he / she / it transmigrates   
Past simple: transmigrated   
Past participle: transmigrated   
-ing form: transmigrating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be born anew in another body after death

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

reincarnate; transmigrate

Context example:

Hindus believe that we transmigrate

Hypernyms (to "transmigrate" is one way to...):

be born (come into existence through birth)

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

transmigration (the passing of a soul into another body after death)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move from one country or region to another and settle there

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

migrate; transmigrate

Context example:

This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries

Hypernyms (to "transmigrate" is one way to...):

move (change residence, affiliation, or place of employment)

Verb group:

migrate (move periodically or seasonally)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transmigrate"):

immigrate (come into a new country and change residency)

immigrate (migrate to a new environment)

emigrate (leave one's country of residence for a new one)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP