Trān'sub-stăn’ti-āte, v. t.
(-sub-stăn'shī-āt, 91), v. t. [L. Lat. transubstantiare, transubstantiation, from Lat. trans, across, over, and substantia, substance, Fr. transsubstantier, Pr. transsubstanciar, Sp. transubstanciar, trasustanciar, Pg. transubstanciar, It. transustanziare, trasustanziare.]
Sense 1. To change to another substance. [Rare.]
Sense 2. (Rom. Cath. Theol.) To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.