transpeciate

English

Etymology

From trans- + Latin species (“form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹænˈspiːʃieɪt/, /tɹɑːnˈspiːʃieɪt/

Verb

transpeciate (third-person singular simple present transpeciates, present participle transpeciating, simple past and past participle transpeciated)

1. (obsolete or fantasy, transitive, intransitive) To change from one species into another; to transform.
   • 1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC:

     power to transpeciate a man into a horse

References

• “transpeciate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.