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transmundane |
transmutability |
transmutable |
transmutation |
transmutationist |
Transmute
| transmuted
| transmuter
| transmutual
| transnatation
| transnational
Transmute
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Transmute has 3 senses
- transmute(v = verb.change) metamorphose, transform - change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" is one way to change
- transmute(v = verb.change) transform, transubstantiate - 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" is one way to alter, change, modify
- transmute(v = verb.change) Array - alter the nature of (elements); Array is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun transmutation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derived form noun transmutation3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Transmute, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
"The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols."
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"Transmuting sorrow into golden joy
Free from alloy." [1913 Webster]
Free from alloy." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Transmute, v.tr.
1 change the form, nature, or substance of.
2 Alchemy hist. subject (base metals) to transmutation.
1 change the form, nature, or substance of.
2 Alchemy hist. subject (base metals) to transmutation.
Derivative
transmutable adj. transmutability n. transmutative adj. transmuter n.
Etymology
ME f. L transmutare (as TRANS-, mutare change)
ROGET THESAURUS
Transmute
Change
VB change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into.
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