Metamorphose
[,metə'mɔːfəʊz] or [,mɛtə'mɔrfoz]
Definition
(verb.) change completely the nature or appearance of; 'In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug'; 'The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman'; 'Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection'.
Typist: Pierce--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
(n.) Same as Metamorphosis.
Checked by Evan
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Transform, transmute, transfigure, change the form of.
Typist: Natalie
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing anything metamorphose, denotes that sudden changes will take place in your life, for good or bad, as the metamorphose was pleasant or frightful.
Checker: Roy
Examples
- It was as if she were enchanted, and everything were metamorphosed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Not only would methods be changed, but the physical structure of business, especially in cities, would be completely metamorphosed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I found the outer front courtyard, often mentioned here, metamorphosed into a butter shop; and I then almost gave up every brick of the jail for lost. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- During the time that either of the views is altogether concealed, the painting is changed; and in this manner an unlimited number of metamorphoses may be effected. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It will be observed that the principle, on which the metamorphoses of Dissolving Views depend, is similar to that which produces the variations in the diorama. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But Dissolving Views set nature at defiance, and exhibit metamorphoses as great as can be conceived by the wildest fancy. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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