About The Word Transmute
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Transmute
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What's The Definition Of Transmute?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Transmute: metamorphose | transform | transubstantiate Related Terms | Find terms related to Transmute: See Also | alter | aurify | become | change | destalinise | destalinize | process | sorcerise | sorcerize | stalinise | stalinize | turn | work | work on Transmute In Webster's Dictionary \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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