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
- Serjeant-at-law ‐ an English barrister of the…
- Roast veal ‐ cut of veal suitable…
- Hunt down ‐ pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often…
- Rose apple ‐ fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections…
- Verdun ‐ a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting…
- Lotus americanus ‐ North American annual with red or…
- Sportingly ‐ so as to be sporting; in a…
- Long underwear ‐ an undergarment with shirt and drawers in…
- Glucose tolerance test ‐ test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates; used…
- Pressingly ‐ in a…