transfigure
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (2)transfigured, transfiguring
- elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfigurationSynonyms: glorifyspiritualizeMore general change, alter
- 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”Synonyms: metamorphosetransmogrifyMore general change by reversal, turn
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Trans·fig′ure (?; 135), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Transfigured; present participle & verbal noun Transfiguring.]
Origin: F. transfigurer, L. transfigurare, transfiguratum; trans across, over + figurare to form, shape. See Figure, transitive verb
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54