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Webster 1913 Edition


Metempsychose

Me-temp′sy-chose

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Metempsychosed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Metempsychosing
.]
To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another.
[R.]
Peacham.

Webster 1828 Edition


Metempsychose

METEMP'SYCHOSE

,
Verb.
T.
To translate from one body to another, as the soul.

Definition 2024


metempsychose

metempsychose

English

Verb

metempsychose (third-person singular simple present metempsychoses, present participle metempsychosing, simple past and past participle metempsychosed)

  1. (transitive) To translate or transfer (e.g. the soul) from one body to another.
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Portuguese

Noun

metempsychose f (plural metempsychoses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of metempsicose (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).