transpeciate

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/tɹænˈspiːʃieɪt//tɹɑːnˈspiːʃieɪt/

verb

To change from one species into another; to transform.

OriginLatin species →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person transpeciates · participle present transpeciating · participle past transpeciated · past transpeciated

  1. ambitransitiveobsoletefantasyTo change from one species into another; to transform.

    power to transpeciate a man into a horse

    1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinspecies“form”
  2. Englishtranspeciate

From trans- + Latin species (“form”).

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APA

transpeciate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transpeciate

MLA

“transpeciate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transpeciate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transpeciate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transpeciate.

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