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† transˈanimate, v. Obs. rare. [Back-formation from next: see -ate3.] trans. To transfer the soul of (a person) from one body to another (also with the soul as obj.): = metempsychose v. Hence † transˈanimated ppl. a.
1608Bp. J. King Serm. 5 Nov. 31 The..strangest µετεµψύχωσις that euer was feigned by Poets, very incarnated, transanimated devils. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage iv. xvii. 376 This Deuill doth transanimate his soule..into a dogge or other beast. 1625― Pilgrims v. viii. §3. 540 Being metamorphosed and transanimated from men to blockes. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. vii. (1642) 409 According to their beliefe, wicked mens soules be not transanimated at all. |