n. pl. me·tem·psy·cho·ses (-sēz) Reincarnation. [Late Latin metempsȳchōsis, from Greek metempsūkhōsis, from metempsūkhousthai, to transmigrate : meta-, meta- + empsūkhos, animate (en, in; see EN-2 + psūkhē, soul; see bhes- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).] |
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