Transmute
[trænz'mjuːt;trɑːnz-;-ns-] or [trænz'mjut]
Definition
(v. t.) To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.
Typist: Ursula
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Change (from one form or nature into another), transform.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See SOOTHE]
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Definition
v.t. to change to another form or substance.—adj. Transmū′table that may be transmuted or changed into a different form nature or substance.—ns. Transmū′tableness Transmūtabil′ity.—adv. Transmū′tably.—adj. Transmū′tant.—ns. Transmūtā′tion a changing into a different form nature or substance; Transmūtā′tionist.—adj. Transmū′tative.—n. Transmū′ter.
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Examples
- What energies did it transmute? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The alchemists sought to discover processes whereby one metal might be transmuted into another. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be transmuted, and that the elixir of life is a chimera. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- How many of these recommendations see sex as an instinct which can be transmuted, and turned into one of the values of life? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There is a shepherd--youth, a friend of mine, who transmutes them into something highly fascinating to my simplicity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The world has been slow to recognize the work of the Socialist Party in transmuting a dumb muttering into a civilized program. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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