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tran·sub·stan·ti·ate (trăńsəb-stăńshē-āt́)

[Medieval Latin trānsubstantiāre, trānsubstantiāt-, Latin trāns-, trans-, + Latin substantia, substance; see substance.]

transitive verb: -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. 

  1. To change (one substance) into another; transmute.
  2. Christianity To change the substance of (the Eucharistic bread and wine) into the body and blood of Jesus.