transmigrate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

transmigrate
    v 1: be born anew in another body after death; "Hindus believe
         that we transmigrate" [syn: {reincarnate}, {transmigrate}]
    2: move from one country or region to another and settle there;
       "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th
       century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the
       centuries" [syn: {migrate}, {transmigrate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To pass from one body or condition into another.
      [1913 Webster]

            Their may transmigrate into each other. --Howell.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "transmigrate":
      body, corporealize, corporify, embody, emigrate, expatriate, flit,
      immigrate, in-migrate, incarnate, incorporate, intermigrate,
      materialize, migrate, out-migrate, personify, reembody,
      reincarnate, remigrate, run, substantialize, substantiate,
      substantify, swarm, take wing, trek