Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metamorphose"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]tamorphose. See
{Metamorphosis}.]
Same as {Metamorphosis}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Metamorphosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metamorphosing}.] [Cf. F.
m['e]tamorphoser.]
To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.

And earth was metamorphosed into man. --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

metamorphose
v : change completely the nature of something; "In Kafka's
story, a person metamorphoses into a bug" [syn: {transfigure},
{transmogrify}]


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