transmigrate

UK/træns'maɪgreɪt/US/'trænzmaigreit/

Definitions

To move from one country or place to another

移居他国，迁徙

(of a soul) to pass into another body after death

（灵魂）转世，轮回

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

trans-across, beyond

migrmove, migrate

-ateto make, having

=transmigrate

trans- (across) + migr (move) + -ate = to move across. Literally crossing into another country; in religious/philosophical use, a soul crossing into another body after death (the doctrine of reincarnation).

Root migr still carries 14 more words

Common Collocations

1.the soul transmigrates灵魂转世
2.transmigrate after death死后转世

Example Sentences

1.
Some believe the soul transmigrates into a new body after death.
2.
The tribe gradually transmigrated to the fertile river valley.

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