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Webster 1913 Edition

Transubstantiate

Tranˊsub-stan′ti-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[LL.
transubstantiatus
, p. p. of
transubstantiare
to transubstantiate; L.
trans
across, over +
substantia
substance. See
Substance
.]
1.
To change into another substance.
[R.]
The spider love which
transubstantiates
all,
And can convert manna to gall.
Donne.
2.
(R. C. Theol.)
To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.

Webster 1828 Edition

Transubstantiate

TRANSUBSTAN'TIATE

,
Verb.
T.
To change to another substance; as, to transubstantiate the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ, according to the popish doctrine.

Definition 2024

transubstantiate

transubstantiate

English

Verb

transubstantiate ‎(third-person singular simple present transubstantiates, present participle transubstantiating, simple past and past participle transubstantiated)

  1. (transitive) To change one substance into another; to transmute.
  2. (transitive) To change the bread and wine of the Eucharist into the body and blood of Jesus.

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Latin

Verb

trānsubstantiāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of trānsubstantiō

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