transpeciate

English edit

Etymology edit

From trans- + Latin species (“form”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /tɹænˈspiːʃieɪt/, /tɹɑːnˈspiːʃieɪt/

Verb edit

transpeciate (third-person singular simple present transpeciates, present participle transpeciating, simple past and past participle transpeciated)

(obsolete, transitive) To change from one species into another; to transform.
- 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC:
  power to transpeciate a man into a horse

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “transpeciate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)