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metamorphose |
3 definitions found 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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