Definitions for: Transmute

[v] change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
[v] alter in nature; of chemical elements in alchemy
[v] change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: metamorphose, transform, transubstantiate

See Also: alter, aurify, become, change, destalinise, destalinize, process, sorcerise, sorcerize, stalinise, stalinize, turn, work, work on

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