Obs. rare. [n. of action from L. transmeāre: see prec. and -ATION.] A passing across or over.
1630. Lord, Banians, 52. They did hold, that there was a passage of soules of one creature into another, that this transmeation was of the soules of men into beasts, and of beasts into men.
1658. Phillips, Transmeation, a passing through, or beyond.
