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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
metempsychose .
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Examples
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Bangkok ragamuffins are metempsychosed into three guardian-angels
The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Anna Harriette Leonowens 1874
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Even as the last word of this exhortation falls from the royal lips, the cords are cut, the ponderous engine “squelches” the heads of the distinguished wretches, and three Bangkok ragamuffins are metempsychosed into three guardian-angels (Thevedah).
The English Governess at the Siamese Court Leonowens, Anna H 1870
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During his trance, his spirit metempsychosed from the body of his detestation to that of his admiration ...
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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