The Collaborative International Dictionary
Transanimate
Transanimate \Trans*an"i*mate\ (tr[a^]ns*[a^]n"[i^]*m[=a]t), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Transanimated
(tr[a^]ns*[a^]n"[i^]*m[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Transanimating.] [Trans- + animate.]
To animate with a soul conveyed from another body. [R.]
--Bp.
J. King (1608).
Wiktionary
transanimate
vb. (context transitive English) To animate with a soul conveyed from another body.