Transmeation
(Trans`me*a"tion) n. The act of transmeating; a passing through or beyond. [Obs.]
Transmew
(Trans*mew") v. t. & i. [F. transmuer, L. transmutare. See Transmute.] To transmute; to
transform; to metamorphose. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser.
To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester.
Sir W. Scott. Transmigrant
(Trans"mi*grant) a. [L. transmigrans, p. pr. See Transmigrate.] Migrating or passing
from one place or state to another; passing from one residence to another. — n. One who transmigrates.
Transmigrate
(Trans"mi*grate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Transmigrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmigrating.]
[L. transmigrare, transmigratum; trans across + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.]
1. To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to
migrate.
2. To pass from one body or condition into another.
Their may transmigrate into each other.
Howell. Transmigration
(Trans`mi*gra"tion) n. [F. transmigration, L. transmigratio.]
1. The act of passing from one country to another; migration.
2. The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.
Transmigrator
(Trans"mi*gra`tor) n. One who transmigrates. J. Ellis.
Transmigratory
(Trans*mi"gra*to*ry) a. Passing from one body or state to another.
Transmissibility
(Trans*mis`si*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. transmissibilité.] The quality of being transmissible.
Transmissible
(Trans*mis"si*ble) a. [Cf. F. transmissible.] Capable of being transmitted from one to
another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.
Transmission
(Trans*mis"sion) n. [L. transmissio; cf. F. transmission. See Transmit.]
1. The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers,
news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from
father to son, or from one generation to another.
2. (Law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any
inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or
exercising it.
Transmissive
(Trans*mis"sive) a. Capable of being transmitted; derived, or handed down, from one to
another.
Itself a sun, it with transmissive light
Enlivens worlds denied to human sight.
Prior. Transmit
(Trans*mit") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmitting.] [L. transmittere,
transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See Missile.]
