About The Word Transfigure
Learn about the word Transfigure to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Transfigure definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Transfigure
| Transfigure Definition And Meaning |
|---|
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Bowman's capsule ‐ thin double membrane surrounding the glomerulus of…
- Brewer ‐ the owner or manager of a brewery [n] someone who brews beer…
- Green beret ‐ a soldier who is a member of the United States Army…
- Department of chemistry ‐ the academic department responsible for teaching and research…
- Ill nature ‐ a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent…
- Flunk ‐ fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless";…
- Rattle ‐ loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's…
- Symbolising ‐ the act of representing something…
- Stockinet ‐ knit used especially for infants' wear and…
- Relativise ‐ consider or treat…