About The Word Transfigure
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Transfigure
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What's The Definition Of Transfigure?
[v] change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
[v] elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration Synonyms | Synonyms for Transfigure: glorify | metamorphose | spiritualize | transmogrify Related Terms | Find terms related to Transfigure: See Also | alter | change | change by reversal | reverse | turn Transfigure In Webster's Dictionary \Trans*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Transfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transfiguring}.] [F.
transfigurer, L. transfigurare, transfiguratum; trans across,
over + figurare to form, shape. See {Figure}, v. t.]
1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to
metamorphose; to transform.
2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious;
to give an ideal form to.
[Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face
did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as
the light. --Matt. xvii.
2.
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