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Webster 1913 Edition
Metempsychose
Me-temp′sy-chose
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Metempsychosed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Metempsychosing
.] [See
Metempsychosis
.] To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another.
[R.]
Peacham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Metempsychose
METEMP'SYCHOSE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
metempsychose
metempsychose
English
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?)
Portuguese
Noun
metempsychose f (plural metempsychoses)
- Obsolete spelling of metempsicose (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).