Meaning of TRANSMUTE
| Pronunciation: | | trans'myoot
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- [v] change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
- [v] alter in nature; of chemical elements in alchemy
- [v] change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"
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| | Synonyms: | | metamorphose, transform, transubstantiate |
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| | See Also: | | alter, aurify, become, change, destalinise, destalinize, process, sorcerise, sorcerize, stalinise, stalinize, turn, work, work on | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Trans*mute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transmuted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transmuting}.] [L. transmutare, transmutatum;
trans across + mutare to change. See {Mutable}, and cf.
{Transmew}.]
To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another;
to transform.
The caresses of parents and the blandishments of
friends transmute us into idols. --Buckminster.
Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy.
--H. Smith.
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