transmute
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)transmuted, transmuting
- change in outward structure or looks“He transformed into a monster”“The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle”Synonyms: transformmetamorphoseMore general changeMore specific become, aurify
- 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: transformtransubstantiateMore general change, alterMore specific work, transubstantiate, destalinize, stalinize, sorcerize
- alter the nature of (elements)More general change, alter
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Trans·mute′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Transmuted; present participle & verbal noun Transmuting.]
Origin: 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.— Joseph Stevens Buckminster
Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy.— Horace Smith
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54