transanimate

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ animate.

Verb

transanimate (third-person singular simple present transanimates, present participle transanimating, simple past and past participle transanimated)

1. (transitive) To transfer a soul conveyed from another body or being.
   • 1631, Richard Brathwaite, The English Gentleman:

     That Maxime is true : Love transanimates into the thing loved.

Derived terms

• transanimation

 

References

• “transanimate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• transaminate