metempsychose

See metempsychosis.

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.
   • 1594, William Percy, Coelia:

     To other bodies of like simpathie, Thou art the last of these Metemps'chosed.

• metempsychose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).

• IPA^(key): /ˌmeː.tɛm.psiˈxoː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: me‧tem‧psy‧cho‧se
• Rhymes: -oːzə

metempsychose f (plural metempsychosen or metempsychoses)

1. metempsychosis, reincarnation

   Synonyms: reïncarnatie, wedergeboorte, zielsverhuizing

• metempsychotisch

metempsychose f (plural metempsychoses)

1. Obsolete spelling of metempsicose (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).