metempsychose
English
Etymology
See metempsychosis.
Verb
metempsychose (third-person singular simple present metempsychoses, present participle metempsychosing, simple past and past participle metempsychosed)
- (transitive) To translate or transfer (e.g. the soul) from one body to another.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Peacham to this entry?)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 metempsychose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmeː.tɛm.psiˈxoː.zə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: me‧tem‧psy‧cho‧se
- Rhymes: -oːzə
Noun
metempsychose f (plural metempsychosen or metempsychoses)
- metempsychosis, reincarnation
- Synonyms: reïncarnatie, wedergeboorte, zielsverhuizing
Related terms
- metempsychotisch
Portuguese
Noun
metempsychose f (plural metempsychoses)
- Obsolete spelling of metempsicose (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).