Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transfigured"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transfigure \Trans*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Transfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transfiguring}.] [F.
transfigurer, L. transfigurare, transfiguratum; trans across,
over + figurare to form, shape. See {Figure}, v. t.]
1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to
metamorphose; to transform.
2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious;
to give an ideal form to.
[Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face
did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as
the light. --Matt. xvii.
2.
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