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transmute

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Transmute  \Trans*mute"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Transmuted};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Transmuting}.]  [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.  --Buckminster. 
 
  Transmuting  sorrow  into  golden  joy  Free  from  alloy. 
  --H.  Smith. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  transmute 
  v  1:  change  in  outward  structure  or  looks  "He  transformed  into  a 
  monster"  [syn:  {transform}] 
  2:  change  or  alter  in  form  appearance,  or  nature;  "This 
  experience  transformed  her  completely";  "She  transformed 
  the  clay  into  a  beautiful  sculpture"  [syn:  {transform}] 
  3:  alter  in  nature;  of  chemical  elements  in  alchemy




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