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transmute

[ trans-myoot, tranz- ]

verb (used with or without object)

transmuted, transmuting.
  1. to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.

    Synonyms: , ,



transmute

/ ٰæԳˈː /

verb

  1. to change the form, character, or substance of
  2. to alter (an element, metal, etc) by alchemy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ٰԲˈܳٲ, adjective
  • ٰԲˈܳٱ, noun
  • ٰԲˈܳٲ, adverb
  • ٰԲˌܳٲˈٲ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٰԲ·ܳa· adjective
  • ٰԲ·ܳa·i·ٲ ٰԲ·ܳa··ness noun
  • ٰԲ·ܳa· adverb
  • ٰԲ·ܳİ noun
  • unٰԲ·ܳa·i·ٲ noun
  • unٰԲ·ܳa· adjective
  • unٰԲ·ܳa··ness noun
  • unٰԲ·ܳa· adverb
  • ܲtԲ·ܳĻ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of transmute1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ٰԲū to shift, equivalent to ٰԲ- trans- + ū to change.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of transmute1

C15: via Old French from Latin transū to shift, from trans- + ū to change
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Example Sentences

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The event will feature a Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice for transmuting suffering, she says, during which participants visualize the suffering, breathing it in, then breathe out compassion and healing.

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We are running on the energy of farmers’ labor and transmuting it into fetish object, and it feels almost beautiful on set in Los Angeles.

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“For me, art is the most direct way of transmuting all types of metaphysical spaces into the default world. It resonates with people by giving them a reflection of those shared places, states, mysteries.”

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In the process of transmuting the mid-rib of the leaf, the plant undergoes a proliferation of new vascular tissue — and avoids rotting while the rest of the leaf withers away.

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To transmute such willful inelegance into high art would be a miracle indeed.

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