† transanimatev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To transfer the soul of (a person) from one body to another (also with the soul as object): = metempsychose v.
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transmigratec1559
metempsychose1594
transanimate1613
metempsychize1618
metempsychosizea1843
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iv. xvii. 376 This Deuill doth transanimate his soule..into a dogge or other beast.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes v. viii. §3. 540 Being metamorphosed and transanimated from men to blockes.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) vii. 409 According to their beliefe, wicked mens soules be not transanimated at all.
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1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 5 Nov. 31 The..strangest μετεμψύχωσις that euer was feigned by Poets, very incarnated, transanimated devils.
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