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TRANSMIGRATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they transmigrate ... he / she / it transmigrates
Past simple: transmigrated
Past participle: transmigrated
-ing form: transmigrating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move from one country or region to another and settle there
Example:
This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries
Synonyms:
migrate; transmigrate
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be born anew in another body after death
Example:
Hindus believe that we transmigrate
Synonyms:
reincarnate; transmigrate
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
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)