transmewt (transmu)

t. [Also transmue; Thow moost me ferst transmuwen in a stoon. Chaucer , Troilus, iv. 467. Men into stones therewith he could transmew. Spenser, F. Q., I. vii. 35. To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester. Scott , Ivanhoe, xx. transmigrant (trans'mi-grant), a . and n. [L. trans mig ran ( t- ) s , ppr. of trans mig rare , transmigrate: see transmigrate.] I. a. Pa ing into another country or state for residence, or into another form or body; migrating. Imp . Dict. II. n . 1. One who migrates or leaves his own country and pa es into another for settlement; a colonist. There are other... implicit confederations. That of colonies, or transmigrants , towards their mother nation. Bacon, Holy War. 2. One who pa es into another state or body. Imp. Dict. transmigrate (trans'mi-grāt), v.; pret. and pp. transmigrated, ppr. transmigrating. [ It. trasmigrare = Sp. transmigrar, trasmigrar = F.transmigrer ), remove from one place to another, This complexion... is evidently maintained by generation,... so that strangers contract it not, and the natives which transmigrate am it it, not without commixture. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vi. 10. 2. To pa from one body into another; be transformed; specifically, to become incarnate in a different body; metempsychosize. It [the crocodile] lives by that which nourish eth it; and, the elements once out of it, it transmigrates. Shak., A. and C., ii. 7. 51. Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela records in the 12th century of the Druses of Mount Hermon: "They say that the soul of a virtuous man is transferred to the body of a new-born child, whereas that of the vicious transmigrates into a dog, or some other animal." E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, II. 13. II. trans. To cause to pa or migrate from one region or state of existence to another. Excellent Spirits are not by Death extinguished or neglected, but are rather transmigrated from the earth, to reigne with the Powers aboue. Heywood , Hierarchy of Angels, p. 463. transmigration (trans-mi-grā'shon), n. [ transmigracioun , transmigration =Sp. transmigracion , trasmigracion = Pg. trans migração = It. trasmigrazione , gratio ( n- ), trans mig rare , transmigrate: see transmigrate.] The act of transmigrating; pa age from one place, state, or form into another. Lately hath this peerle e man [Isaac Casa bonus) made a happy transmigration out of France into our renowned Coryat, Crudities, I. 43. island of great Britaine. What see I on any side but the transmigrations of Proteus? Emerson, History. Specifically-(a) In physiol ., the pa age of cells through a membrane or the wall of a ve el: as, the transmigration transmigration of the white blood-corpuscles from the capillaries into the surrounding ti ues in commencing inflammation. (b) The 6435 The transmittal to England of two-thirds of the revenues of Ireland. Swift . transmute metempsychosis; reincarnation. In life's next scene, if transmigration be, Some bear or lion is reserv'd for thee. Dryden, Aurengzebe, iii. 1. The theory of the Transmigration of Souls, which has indeed risen from its lower stages to establish itself among the huge religious communities of Asia, great in history, enormous even in present ma , yet arrested and as it seems henceforth unprogre ive in development; but the more highly educated world has rejected ancient belief, and it now only survives in Europe in dwindling remnants. E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, II. 2.