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Verb: transmigrate  trans'mIgreyt
  1. Be born anew in another body after death
    "Hindus believe that we transmigrate"
    - reincarnate
     
  2. Move from one country or region to another and settle there
    "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries"
    - migrate

Derived forms: transmigrated, transmigrates, transmigrating

See also: transmigration

Type of: be born, move

Encyclopedia: Transmigrate