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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]tamorphose. See
{Metamorphosis}.]
Same as {Metamorphosis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Metamorphosed}; p. pr & vb n. {Metamorphosing}.] [Cf. F.
m['e]tamorphoser.]
To change into a different form to transform; to transmute.
And earth was metamorphosed into man. --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
metamorphose
v : change completely the nature of something "In Kafka's
story, a person metamorphoses into a bug" [syn: {transfigure},
{transmogrify}]
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