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Transmute

Transmute Meaning & Definition
Transmute Definition And Meaning

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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