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metamorphose

[ met-uh-mawr-fohz, -fohs ]

verb (used with object)

, met·a·mor·phosed, met·a·mor·phos·ing.
  1. to change the form or nature of; transform.

    Synonyms: transmute, mutate

  2. to subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism.


verb (used without object)

, met·a·mor·phosed, met·a·mor·phos·ing.
  1. to undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in form or nature.

    Synonyms: transmute, mutate

metamorphose

/ ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊz /

verb

  1. to undergo or cause to undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism


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Other Words From

  • unmet·a·morphosed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of metamorphose1

First recorded in 1570–80; back formation from metamorphosis

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Example Sentences

That indeed would soon metamorphose into the strongest and broadest economic expansion since World War II.

You metamorphose, seemingly overnight, from most- to least-stressed individual on the astrological block.

Any little Accident from without may metamorphose his Fancy, and push him upon a new set of Thoughts.

How metamorphose a passage of dialect into the power of gravitation, and a silent corollary into a flash of lightning?

Your desire for profits, which is sheer selfishness, you metamorphose into altruistic solicitude for suffering humanity.

Now the pitcher, as this is called, is not a new organ, but simply a metamorphose of a leaf.

The Metamorphose is forcible, perhaps it has more force and wit than elegance.

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