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Transmigrate   Listen
verb
Transmigrate  v. i.  (past & past part. transmigrated; pres. part. transmigrating)  
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."





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"Transmigrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... For secular purposes just as well— Our Beresfords, turned to bludgeons stout, May, 'stead of beating their own about, Be knocking the brains of Papists out; While our smooth O'Sullivans, by all means, Should transmigrate into turning machines. ...
— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al
... to kill one of them is not only forbidden by the police, but would be very dangerous. By killing one you would rouse the vengeance of every Hindu, who is always ready to offer his own life in exchange for a crow's. The souls of the sinful forefathers transmigrate into crows and to kill one is to interfere with the law of Karma and to expose the poor ancestor to something still worse. Such is the firm belief, not only of Hindus, but of Parsees, even the most enlightened amongst them. The strange behaviour of the Indian crows explains, to a certain ...
— From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan • Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky


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