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metempsychose

metempsychose verb: to translate or transfer (e.g. the soul) from one body to another.

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.
    • To other bodies of like simpathie, Thou art the last of these Metemps'chosed.1594, William Percy, Coelia

Forms of metempsychose

third-person singular presentmetempsychoses
present participlemetempsychosing
past participlemetempsychosed
pastmetempsychosed

Origin of metempsychose

See metempsychosis.

Questions about metempsychose

What does metempsychose mean?
Metempsychose means to translate or transfer (e.g. the soul) from one body to another.
What part of speech is metempsychose?
Metempsychose is a verb.
What is the past tense of metempsychose?
The past tense of metempsychose is metempsychosed.

Words near metempsychose in the dictionary

  1. metempiricist
  2. metempiricists
  3. metempirics
  4. metempsychic
  5. metempsychosal
  6. metempsychose
  7. metempsychosed
  8. metempsychoses
  9. metempsychosic
  10. metempsychosical
  11. metempsychosing

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